Dhruva commences a course of religious austerities - Verse 8
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 12.8
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Sanskrit Original
मनस्य अवस्थिते तस्य विष्णौ मैत्रेय योगिनः न शशाक धरा भारम उद्वोढुं भूतधारिणी ।।
manasy avasthite tasya viṣṇau maitreya yoginaḥ na śaśāka dharā bhāram udvoḍhuṃ bhūtadhāriṇī ||
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When the mind is focused on Vishnu, Maitreya the yogi could not lift the burden of the earth.