CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home
TEXT 1
सूत उवाच
विदुरस्तीर्थयात्रायां मैत्रेयादात्मनो गतिम् । शत्वागाद्धास्तिनपुरं तयात्राप्तवित्तिसतः ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca viduras tīrtha-yātrāyām maitreyād ātmano gatim jñātvāgādd hāstina-puram tayāvāpta vivitsitaḥ
śrī sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; viduraḥ—Vidura; tīrtha-yātrāyām—while traveling to different places of pilgrimage; maitreyāt—from the great sage Maitreya; ātmanaḥ—of the self; gatim—destination; jñātvā—by knowing it; āgāt—went back; hāstina-puram—the city of Hastināpura; taya—by that knowledge; avāpta—sufficiently gainer; vivitsitaḥ—being well versed in everything knowable.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: While traveling on a pilgrimage, Vidura received knowledge of the destination of the self from the great sage Maitreya and then returned to Hastināpura. He became as well versed in the subject as he desired.
PURPORT
Vidura:  One of the prominent figures in the history of the  Mahābhārata . He was conceived by Vyāsadeva in the womb of the maidservant of Am-
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