Dhruva Mahārāja thought to himself: To endeavor to be situated in the shade of the lotus feet of the Lord is not an ordinary task, because even the great brahmacārīs headed by Sanandana, who practiced aṣṭāṅga-yoga in trance, attained the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet only after many, many births. Within six months I achieved the same result, yet due to my thinking differently from the Lord, I fell down from my position.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ध्रुव उवाच । समाधिना नैकभवेन यत्पदं विदुः सनन्दादय ऊर्ध्वरेतसः । मासैरहं षड्भिरमुष्यपादयोः छायामुपेत्यापगतः पृथङ्मतिः
dhruva uvāca | samādhinā naikabhavena yatpadaṃ viduḥ sanandādaya ūrdhvaretasaḥ | māsairahaṃ ṣaḍbhiramuṣyapādayoḥ chāyāmupetyāpagataḥ pṛthaṅmatiḥ
SB 4.9.30