Verse 37

³¹Then the kettledrums sounded, and tabors and small drums with them; the chief gandharvas sang, and showers of flowers came down. ³²And as he was about to go up to the world of light, Dhruva thought of his mother Suniti: how shall I go to heaven, so hard to reach, and leave her behind, poor woman? ³³Knowing what he had settled in his mind, those best of gods showed him the lady going before him in a vehicle of her own. ³⁴Along the way the gods in their flying chariots praised him here and there and scattered flowers over him, and the planets came into sight one after another. ³⁵Passing the three worlds by the road of the gods, and the sages too, he whose course is fixed then reached that station of Visnu which lies above them.

³⁶It shines everywhere by its own light, and these three worlds shine after it. Those who show no kindness to living things do not go there; those go who do good without ceasing. ³⁷Quiet, seeing evenly, clean, giving pleasure to all beings, holding the Unfallen for their dear kinsman, they go straight to the station of the Unfallen.