8. Thandhai engE enREnO dhuruvanaip polaE
Manu was born out of Brahma's body as the first human soul on earth when the God’s decided to have humans on the earth. He married Satharupai and had two sons called Priyamaratha and Uththanapadha. Uththanapadha became king and married Suneethi and Suruchi. They gave birth to two sons. Suneethi's son was called Dhruva and Suruchi's son was called Uththama.
Uththanapadha was very fond of Suruchi and ignored Suneethi completely. Same way he treated the sons too! He showered all his love and care only to Uththama and ignored Dhruva. One day, Uththanapadha was playing with Uththama placed in his lap. Seeing his father playing with his brother, Dhruva tried to approach his father. Suruchi, who had plans in her mind to make her son as the next king, stopped Dhruva from reaching the king and using harsh words, she chased him away.
Feeling both sad and angry, Dhruva went back to his mother and cried to her, explaining what happened. Suneethi then consoled him and told him "Pray to the father of everyone, Lord Vasudeva. You will live a great life if you surrender to him for he showers his love on everyone equally and to him, every soul is the same!”
Dhruva, the 5 year old kid, decided to look for Lord Vasudeva and left the palace. While he was leaving, Sage Narada appeared in front of him, with an intention to know about the heart of the kid. Looking at the kid, he said – “ Dhruva, many sages and saints have failed in knowing and seeing the Lord, even after hundred years of meditation. You have to live only by breathing air. For a kid like you, it will be tough to live without food, water and sleep. Kindly get back to the palace and I will speak with your father on behalf of you.”
Hearing the words of Sage Naradha, Dhruva replied – “O Sage Naradha! From now on, to me, only Lord Vasudeva is my father. All I want to do with the given life is to find a way to see him. Kindly help me so that I too can get the divine vision of seeing him.”
Pleased on hearing the words of the kid, Sage Narada gave him the knowledge about the Vasudeva Mantra (Dvadasakshari) and asked him to meditate in Madhuvana, a forest on the banks of River Yamuna. After getting the blessings of Sage Narada, Dhruva left for Madhuvana and started meditating on Lord Vasudeva. Pleased on the deep penance of the kid, Sriman Narayana (Lord Vasudeva) appeared before him. He gave Dhruva the divine knowledge and also a place amongst the stars.
Thirukkolur Ammal is asking "Did I have faith that Dhruva had on the Lord and the great devotion he showed to the father of the Universe?"
