Bhagavatapurana 4.9.29

4.9.29

/0 maitreya uvāca
mātuḥ sapatnyā vāg-bāṇair hṛdi viddhas tu tān smaran /
naicchan mukti-pater muktiṃ tasmāt tāpam upeyivān //

29. Maitreya said:—His heart having been pierced with the shaft-like words of his step-mother and the words being vividly remembered, Dhruva did not ask for Mukti at the hands of the Lord of Mukti and so he was full of regrets.