Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto Four
SB 4.9.37-45
Govina Datta Prabhu
July 17, 2019 SB 4.9.37 — When King Uttānapāda heard that his son Dhruva was coming back home, as if coming back to life after death, he could not put his faith in this message, for he was doubtful of how it could happen. He considered himself the most wretched, and therefore he thought that it was not possible for him to attain such good fortune.
SB 4.9.38 — Although he could not believe the words of the messenger, he had full faith in the word of the great sage Nārada. Thus he was greatly overwhelmed by the news, and he immediately offered the messenger a highly valuable necklace in great satisfaction.
SB 4.9.39-40 — Then King Uttānapāda, being very eager to see the face of his lost son, mounted a chariot drawn by excellent horses and bedecked with golden filigree. Taking with him many learned brāhmaṇas, all the elderly personalities of his family, his officers, his ministers and his immediate friends, he immediately left the city. As he proceeded in this parade, there were auspicious sounds of conchshells, kettledrums, flutes, and the chanting of Vedic mantras to indicate all good fortune.
SB 4.9.41 — Both the queens of King Uttānapāda, namely Sunīti and Suruci, along with his other son, Uttama, appeared in the procession. The queens were seated on a palanquin.
SB 4.9.42-43 — 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.
SB 4.9.44 — Reunion with Dhruva Mahārāja fulfilled King Uttānapāda’s long-cherished desire, and for this reason he smelled Dhruva’s head again and again and bathed him with torrents of very cold tears.
SB 4.9.45 — Then Dhruva Mahārāja, the foremost of all nobles, first of all offered his obeisances at the feet of his father and was honored by his father with various questions. He then bowed his head at the feet of his two mothers.
About the speaker

Givinda Datta Prabhu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Govinda Datta Prabhu explains: ” I came across the devotees and started visiting the St Louis ISKCON temple in 1973. I joined the Radha Damodar TSKP when they were passing through St Louis in 1974. I was privileged with traveling with that party until it’s very end approximately 1982. I was able to associate with such transcendental personalities as Visnujana Swami, Tamal Krishna Goswami, Tripurari Swami, etc. I had the opportunity to be temble president in Chicago, St Louis, and Sankirtan leader in New York, I opened Govinda’s ISKCON Miami, sankirtan leader and then property manager in Los Angeles ISKCON and recently temple president at ISKCON Honolulu. I am currently praying to Krishna to help me fulfill my final ambitions to help my spiritual master’s mission. ”
