SB 4.9.42 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तं द‍ृष्ट्वोपवनाभ्याश आयान्तं तरसा रथात् अवरुह्य नृपस्तूर्णमासाद्य प्रेमविह्वल: ॥ ४२ ॥ परिरेभेऽङ्गजं दोर्भ्यां दीर्घोत्कण्ठमना: श्वसन् विष्वक्सेनाङ्‌घ्रिसंस्पर्शहताशेषाघबन्धनम् ॥ ४३ ॥

Verse text

taṁ dṛṣṭvopavanābhyāśa āyāntaṁ tarasā rathāt avaruhya nṛpas tūrṇam āsādya prema-vihvalaḥ parirebhe ’ṅgajaṁ dorbhyāṁ dīrghotkaṇṭha-manāḥ śvasan viṣvaksenāṅghri-saṁsparśa- hatāśeṣāgha-bandhanam

Synonyms

tam — him (Dhruva Mahārāja) ; dṛṣṭvā — having seen ; upavana — the small forest ; abhyāśe — near ; āyāntam — returning ; tarasā — with great haste ; rathāt — from the chariot ; avaruhya — got down ; nṛpaḥ — the King ; tūrṇam — immediately ; āsādya — coming near ; prema — with love ; vihvalaḥ — overwhelmed ; parirebhe — he embraced ; aṅga — jam — his son ; dorbhyām — with his arms ; dīrgha — for a long time ; utkaṇṭha — anxious ; manāḥ — the King, whose mind ; śvasan — breathing heavily ; viṣvaksena — of the Lord ; aṅghri — by the lotus feet ; saṁsparśa — being touched ; hata — were destroyed ; aśeṣa — unlimited ; agha — material contamination ; bandhanam — whose bondage .

Translation

Upon seeing Dhruva Mahārāja approaching the neighboring small forest, King Uttānapāda with great haste got down from his chariot. He had been very anxious for a long time to see his son Dhruva, and therefore with great love and affection he went forward to embrace his long-lost boy. Breathing very heavily, the King embraced him with both arms. But Dhruva Mahārāja was not the same as before; he was completely sanctified by spiritual advancement due to having been touched by the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Seeing his son approaching near a grove, the King, longing for him for a long time, breathing heavily, immediately dismounted from his chariot, approached the boy, and overwhelmed with affection, embraced with his arms his son who had destroyed unlimited sins by the touch of the Lord’s feet.