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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 1]
TRANSLATION
At the place of pilgrimage at Prabhāsa, it came to his knowledge that all his relatives had died due to violent passion, just as an entire forest burns due to fire produced by the friction of bamboos. After this he proceeded west, where the River Sarasvatī flows.
PURPORT
Both the Kauravas and the Yādavas were relatives of Vidura, and Vidura heard of their extinction due to fratricidal war. The comparison of the friction of forest bamboos to that of passionate human societies is appropriate. The whole world is compared to a forest. At any moment there may be a flare up of fire in the forest due to friction. No one goes to the forest to set it on fire, but due only to friction between bamboos, fire takes place and burns an entire forest. Similarly, in the greater forest of worldly transaction, the fire of war takes place because of the violent passion of the conditioned souls illusioned by the external energy. Such a worldly fire can be extinguished only by the water of the mercy cloud of saints, just as a forest fire can be extinguished only by rains falling from a cloud.
TEXT 22
तस्यां त्रितस्योशनसो मनोश्च पृथोरयाग्नेरसितस्य वायोः । तीर्थं मुदासस्य गवां गुहस्य यच्छ्राद्धदेवस्य स आसिषेवे ॥२२॥
tasyām tritasyośanaso manoś ca pṛthor athāgner asitasya vāyoḥ tīrtham sudāsasya gavām guhasya yac chrāddha-devasya sa āsiṣeve
tasyām —on the bank of the River Sarasvatī;  tritasya —the pilgrimage site named Trita;  uśanasaḥ —the pilgrimage site named Uśanā;  manoḥ ca —as also of the pilgrimage site named Manu;  pṛthoḥ —that of Pṛthu;  atha —thereafter;  agneḥ —that of Agni;  asitasya —that of Asita;  vāyoḥ —that of Vāyu;  tīrtham —places of pilgrimages;  sudāsasya —of the name Sudāsa;  gavam —that of Go;  guhasya —that of Guha;  yat —thereupon;  śraddha-devasya —of the name Śraddhadeva;  saḥ —Vidura;  āsiṣeve —duly visited and performed the rituals.