Dhruva commences a course of religious austerities - Verse 19
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 12.19
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Sanskrit Original
कालः क्रीडनकानां यस तव बालस्य पुत्रक तस्मिंस त्वम इत्थं तपसि किं नाशायात्मनो रतः ।।
kālaḥ krīḍanakānāṃ yas tava bālasya putraka tasmiṃs tvam itthaṃ tapasi kiṃ nāśāyātmano rataḥ ||
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The time for play is for your young son; in that, you are engaged in penance. What is the use of this if it leads to the destruction of the self?