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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 13]
ledge, even his sorrows had no bound. He was fully compassionate toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra because in the game of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra had lost everything, men and money, and at last the King and the Queen had to leave home in utter frustration. He studied the situation in his own way because he did not know that the inner vision of Dhṛtarāṣṭra was awakened by Vidura and that therefore he had left home in enthusiastic cheerfulness for a better life after departure from the dark well of home. Unless one is convinced of a better life after renunciation of the present life, one cannot stick to the renounced order of life simply by artificial dress or staying out of the home.
TEXT 36
विमृज्याश्रूणि पाणिभ्यां विष्टम्यात्मानमात्मना ।
अजातशत्रुं प्रत्युचे प्रमोः पादावनुसारन् ॥३६॥
vimṛjyāśrūṇi pāṇibhyām viṣṭabhyātmānam ātmanā ajāta-śatrum pratyūce prabhoḥ pādāvanusmaran
vimṛjya—smearing; aśrūṇi—tears of the eyes; pāṇibhyām—with his hands; viṣṭabhya—situated; ātmanām—the mind; ātmanā—by intelligence; ajāta-śatrum—unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; pratyūce—began to reply; prabhoḥ—of his master; pādau—feet; anusmaran—thinking after.
TRANSLATION
First he slowly pacified his mind by intelligence, and wiping away his tears and thinking of the feet of his master Dhṛtarāṣṭra, he began to reply to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
TEXT 37
सञ्जय उवाच
नाहं वेद व्यवसितं पित्रोर्वः कुलनन्दन ।
गान्धार्या वा महावाहो मुषितोऽसि महात्मभिः ॥३७॥
sañjaya uvāca nāham veda vyavasitam pitror vaḥ kula-nandana gāndhāryā vā mahā-bāho muṣito smi mahātmabhiḥ