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Vidura Approaches Maitreya
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tathāpi —yet, in spite of;  tat-abhipretam —His desire;  jānan —knowing;  na-  
 not; aham —I;  arindama —O subduer of the enemy (Vidura);  prṣṭhataḥ —be- 
 hind; anvagamam —followed;  bhartuḥ —of the master;  pāda-viśleṣaṇa —sepa- 
 ration from His lotus feet; akṣamaḥ —not being able.
TRANSLATION
Yet in spite of my knowing His desire [to destroy the dynasty], O 
  Arindama [Vidura], I followed Him because it was impossible for me to 
  bear separation from the lotus feet of the master.
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अद्राक्षमेकमासीनं विचिन्वन् दयितं पतिम् । 
  श्रीनिकेतं सरस्वत्यां कृतकेतमकेतनम् ॥ ६ ॥
adrākṣam ekam āsīnam  
 vicinvan dayitam patim  
 śrī-niketam sarasvatyām  
 kṛta-ketam aketanam
adrākṣam —I saw;  ekam —alone;  āsīnam —sitting;  vicinvan —deeply 
  thinking;  dayitam —patron;  patim —master;  śrī-niketam —the shelter of the 
  goddess of fortune;  sarasvatyām —on the bank of the Sarasvatī;  kṛta-ketam — 
  taking shelter;  aketanam —being situated without a shelter.
TRANSLATION
Thus following, I saw my patron and master [Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa] sitting 
  alone and deeply thinking, taking shelter on the bank of the River 
  Sarasvatī although He is the shelter of the goddess of fortune.
PURPORT
Those who are in the renounced order of life often take shelter under- 
  neath a tree. The Lord was found by Uddhava in that condition of taking 
  shelter as do persons who have no shelter. Because He is the proprietor of 
  everything, everywhere is His shelter, and everywhere is under His shelter. 
  The entire material and spiritual cosmic manifestation is sustained by Him, 
  and therefore He is the shelter of everything. So there was nothing 
  astonishing in His taking shelter in the way of the unsheltered who are in 
  the renounced order of life.