### SB 3.1.1

> श्रीशुक उवाच\
> एवमेतत्पुरा पृष्टो मैत्रेयो भगवान्किल ।\
> क्षत्त्रा वनं प्रविष्टेन त्यक्त्वा स्वगृहमृद्धिमत् ॥१॥

> śrī-śuka uvāca\
> evam etat purā pṛṣṭo\
> maitreyo bhagavān kila\
> kṣattrā vanaṁ praviṣṭena\
> tyaktvā sva-gṛham ṛddhimat

*śrī-śukaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *evam*—thus; *etat*—this; *purā*—formerly; *pṛṣṭaḥ*—being asked; *maitreyaḥ*—the great sage Maitreya; *bhagavān*—His Grace; *kila*—certainly; *kṣattrā*—by Vidura; *vanam*—forest; *praviṣṭena*—entering; *tyaktvā*—renouncing; *sva-gṛham*—own house; *ṛddhimat*—prosperous.

**Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After renouncing his prosperous home and entering the forest, King Vidura, the great devotee, asked this question of His Grace Maitreya Ṛṣi.**