CHAPTER ONE
Questions by Vidura
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवमेतत्पुरा पृष्ठो मैत्रेयो भगवान् किल । क्षत्रा वनं प्रविष्टेन त्यक्त्वा स्वगृहमृद्धिमत् ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca evam-etat purā prṣṭo maitreyo bhagavān kila kṣattrā vanam praviṣṭena tyaktvā sva-gṛham ṛddhimat
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; etat—this; purā—formerly; prṣṭaḥ—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.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After renouncing his prosperous home and entering the forest, King Vidura, the great devotee, asked this question of His Grace Maitreya Rṣi:
TEXT 2
यदा अयं मन्त्रकृद्धो भगवानखिलेश्वरः । पौरवेन्द्रगृहं हित्वा प्रविवेशात्मसात्कृतम् ॥ २ ॥
yadvā ayam mantra-kṛd vo bhagavān akhileśvaraḥ pauravendra-gṛham hitvā praviveśātmasāt kṛtam
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