Dhruva commences a course of religious austerities - Verse 21
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 12.21
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Sanskrit Original
परित्यजति वत्साद्य यद्य एतन न भवांस तपः त्यक्ष्याम्य अहम अपि प्राणांस ततो वै पश्यतस तव ।।
parityajati vatsādya yady etan na bhavāṃs tapaḥ tyakṣyāmy aham api prāṇāṃs tato vai paśyatas tava ||
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If you abandon this, dear child, then you will not have penance; I too will give up my life, so behold your own.