||Srimad Bhagavath
Mahapuran||
||Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya||
Chapter – 37– The Legend of
Druva - The glorious Druvasthuthi
Druva eulogizes the glories
of the Supreme Lord who resides as soul and protects it in three states known
as awakening, sleeping, and dreaming "I shall prostrate before the supreme Lord
who is the protector of the soul. You are all per-vading, I have realized your
presence in everything; I shall surrender at your lotus feet. How can I forget you? You are the safest
asylum of all the living beings. You are
the closest associate of the distressed souls.
Oh! Bhagavan, in order to attain
intense devotion and faith upon you, it is essential to listen to your endless
glorious myths. Thus, a person who
engages in the recitation of glories of you would never face any distress. I have realized the compassion of supreme
Lord, therefore wealth, or money, or fame, or richness, or relatives,
or sons, or daughters or wife are not dear to me. You are pure, you are free from impurities,
illusions, bondage, you are primordial.
You are Yajjapurusha, and represents fire sacrifices, sacrificial
priest, and fruitful accomplishment of fire sacrifices as well. I shall
repeatedly prostrate before you. Oh!
Purusharththamoorthe, I am a child, I have praised your glories with intense
love, kindly shower your grace upon me.”
Lord Vishnu was pleased and offered boons to Druva “ Oh! Dear child, you
will become a pole star which is firm and bright, surrounded by the seven
stars/Saptharshi, you will rule the
Kingdom for thirty-six thousand years.” Druva shed tears witnessing the compassion of the Supreme Lord.
Vidura asked Maitreya
“ Oh! Rishi, after receiving the two
marvelous boons why did Druva was unhappy?”. Druva felt unhappy for receiving
those boons after five months of extreme penance, he was deeply disappointed, he was not expecting to get any boons, he did
not want any boons which is bound by time and perishable. He remembered, he got advice from Maharishi
Narada where to go and perform penance? Who to worship? How to worship? Etc... but he
forgot to get advice on what to ask from the supreme Lord when he appears before
him. Druva returned to the palace with
gloominess, he was received by King Uththanapadha, Suruchi, Uththama, and
Sunithi with the accompaniments of sounds of divine instruments. Initially, Druva moved to Suruchi who was the
cause to leave the Kingdom in search of the supreme Lord and prostrated before her,
and she shed tears of guilt. The supreme
Lord will be highly pleased to people whoever treats the fellow beings in
respect, humility, kindness, love, and care, even the deities showers their
blessings upon him/her. Druva prostrated before his father, and turned to his
beloved mother Sunithi, she embraced her son with extreme joy, tears overflowed
and kissed on his forehead. The whole
Kingdom received Druva with great honor.
Years passed, Druva earned great respect and fame among the people of
the Kingdom. King Uththanapadha decided
to leave the Kingdom; he crowned Druva as the Emperor of the Kingdom and
returned to woods to achieve a higher state in spirituality.
