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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 13]
relieved of all taints of sinful acts can alone depend on the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. Dhṛtarāṣṭra was advised by Vidura at least to become a  dhīra  in the beginning if it were impossible for him to become a  sannyāsī  or a  narottama . Persistently endeavoring on the line of self-realization helps a person to rise to the conditions of a  narottama  from the stage of a  dhīra . The  dhīra  stage is attained after prolonged practice of the  yoga  system, but by the grace of Vidura one can attain the stage immediately simply by willing to adopt the means of the  dhīra  stage, which is the preparatory stage for  sannyāsa . The  sannyāsa  stage is the preparatory stage of  paramahaṁsa , or the first-grade devotee of the Lord.
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एवं राजा विदुरेणानुजेन प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्बोधित आजमीढः । छिन्ना स्वेषु स्वेदपाशान्द्रद्विप्रो निश्चक्राम श्रातसंदर्शिताच्चा ॥२९॥
evam rājā vidureṇānujena prajñā-cakṣur bodhita ājamīḍhaḥ chittvā sveṣu sneha-pāśān draḍhimno niścakrāma bhrātṛ-sandarśitādhvā
evam —thus;  rājā —King Dhṛtarāṣṭra;  vidureṇa anujena —by his younger brother Vidura;  prajñā —introspective knowledge;  cakṣuḥ —eyes;  bodhita —being understood;  ājamīḍhaḥ —Dhṛtarāṣṭra, scion of the family of Ājamīḍha;  chittvā —by breaking;  sveṣu —regarding kinsmen;  sneha-pāśān —strong network of affection;  draḍhimnaḥ —because of steadfastness;  niścakrāma —got out;  bhrātṛ —brother;  sandarśita —direction to;  adhvā —the path of liberation.
TRANSLATION
Thus Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the scion of the family of Ājamīḍha, firmly convinced by introspective knowledge [prajñā], broke at once the strong network of familial affection by his resolute determination. Thus he im-