Dhruva Krutha Bhagavat Stuti
Dhruva kri'ta bhagavat stutih'
Dhruva uvaacha |
Yo'ntah' pravishya mama vaachamimaam' prasuptaam'
Sanjeevayatyakhilashaktidharah' svadhaamnaa |
Anyaam'shcha hastacharanashravanatvagaadeen
Praanaannamo bhagavate purooshaaya tubhyam || 1 ||
Ekastvameva bhagavannidamaatmashaktyaa
Maayaakhyayorugunayaa mahadaadyashesham |
Sri'sht'vaanuvishya purushastadasadguneshu
Naaneva daarushu vibhaavasuvadvibhaasi || 2 ||
Tvaddattayaa vayunayedamachasht'a vishvam'
Suptaprabuddha iva naatha bhavatprapannah' |
Tasyaapavargyasharanam' tava paadamoolam'
Vismaryate kri'tavidaa kathamaartabandho || 3 ||
Noonam' vimusht'amatayastava maayayaa te
Ye tvaam' bhavaapyayavimokshanamanyahetoh' |
Archanti kalpakatarum' kunapopabhogya-
Michchhanti yatsparshajam' niraye'pi nree'naam || 4 ||
Yaa nirvri'tistanubhri'taam' tava paadapadma-
Dhyaanaadbhavajjanakathaashravanena vaa syaat |
Saa brahmani svamahimanyapi naatha maa bhoot
Kintvantakaasilulitaatpatataam' vimaanaat || 5 ||
Bhaktim' muhuh' pravahataam' tvayi me prasango
Bhooyaadananta mahataamamalaashayaanaam |
Yenaanjasolbanamuruvyasanam' bhavaabdhim'
Neshye bhavadgunakathaamri'tapaanamattah' || 6 ||
Te na smarantyatitaraam' priyameesha martyam'
Ye chaanvadah' sutasuhri'dgri'havittadaaraah' |
Ye tvabjanaabha bhavadeeyapadaaravinda-
Saugandhyalubdhahri'dayeshu kri'taprasangaah' || 7 ||
Tiryangnagadvijasareesri'padevadaitya-
Martyaadibhih' parichitam' sadasadvishesham |
Roopam' sthavisht'hamaja te mahadaadyanekam'
Naatah' param' parama vedmi na yatra vaadah' || 8 ||
Kalpaanta etadakhilam' jat'harena gri'hnan
Shete pumaan svadri'ganantasakhastadanke |
Yannaabhisindhuruhakaanchanalokapadma-
Garbhe dyumaan bhagavate pranato'smi tasmai || 9 ||
Tvam' nityamuktaparishuddhavibuddha aatmaa
Koot'astha aadipurusho bhagavaam'stryadheeshah' |
Yadbuddhyavasthitimakhand'itayaa svadri'sht'yaa
Drasht'aa sthitaavadhimakho vyatirikta aasse || 10 ||
Yasmin viruddhagatayo hyanisham' patanti
Vidyaadayo vividhashaktaya aanupoorvyaat |
Tadbrahma vishvabhavamekamanantamaadya-
Maanandamaatramavikaaramaham' prapadye || 11 ||
Satyaashisho hi bhagavam'stava paadapadma-
Maasheestathaanubhajatah' purushaarthamoorteh' |
Apyevamaarya bhagavaan paripaati deenaan
Vaashreva vatsakamanugrahakaataro'smaan || 12 ||
Iti shreemadbhaagavatamahaapuraane chaturthah' skandhe navamo'dhyaaye dhruva kri'ta bhagavatstutih' ||
Meaning
The Dhruva Bhagavat Stuti is the heartfelt hymn sung by Dhruva Maharaja when Lord Vishnu personally appeared before him. It reflects Dhruva’s deep realization, devotion, and the highest spiritual truths.
Dhruva begins by praising the Lord as the One who enters his dormant speech, senses, and life-force, awakening everything from within. The Lord alone creates, pervades, and illuminates the entire universe through His own divine potency. Though He appears in countless forms, just as fire appears differently in various pieces of wood, He remains one and undivided.
Dhruva acknowledges the Lord’s lotus feet as the ultimate shelter for liberation and wonders how anyone could forget them. He laments that deluded souls worship the Lord only for material benefits, like begging for poisonous fruits from a wish-fulfilling tree.
He declares that the bliss obtained from meditating on the Lord’s lotus feet or hearing His transcendental pastimes surpasses even the joy of impersonal Brahman realization. True devotees cling to the fragrance of the Lord’s feet rather than the temporary pleasures of family and possessions.
Dhruva praises the Lord’s universal form, the cosmic dissolution where all creation enters His body, and the divine lotus that arises from His navel at the time of creation. He recognizes the Lord as the eternal, pure, self-effulgent soul — the witness, the cause of causes, the Supreme beyond all dualities.
Finally, Dhruva prays to be sheltered like a calf protected by its loving cow. He begs the Lord, the embodiment of all blessings, to grant him devotion and protection out of divine compassion.
Benefits:
• Deep spiritual insight and inner peace
• Strength to overcome suffering, fear, and confusion
• Awakens deep devotion and divine remembrance
• Removes ignorance and increases clarity and self-awareness
• Uplifts consciousness towards liberation and God-realization
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