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Vidura Approaches Maitreya
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iti —thus;  ādṛta —being favored;  uktaḥ —addressed;  paramasya —of the Supreme;  puṁsaḥ —Personality of Godhead;  pratīkṣaṇa —every moment;  anugraha-bhājanāḥ —object of favor;  aham —myself;  sneha —affection;  uttha —eruption;  romā —hairs on the body;  skhalita —slackened;  akṣaraḥ —of the eyes;  tam —that;  muñcan —smearing;  śucaḥ —tears;  prāñjaliḥ —with folded hands;  ābabhāṣe —said.
TRANSLATION
Uddhava said: O Vidura, when I was thus favored at every moment by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and addressed by Him with great affection, my words failed in tears, and the hairs on my body erupted. After smearing my tears, I, with folded hands, spoke like this:
TEXT 15
को न्वीश ते पादसरोजभाजां 
  सुदुर्लभोऽर्थेषु चतुर्भ्रूपीह । 
  तथापि नाहं प्रवृणोमि भूमन् 
  भवत्पदाम्भोजनिषेवणोत्सुकः ॥१५॥
ko nvīśa te pāda-saroja-bhājām 
  sudurlabho'rtheṣu caturṣv apīha 
  tathāpi nāham pravṛṇomi bhūman 
  bhavat-padām-bhoja-niṣevaṇotsukaḥ
kaḥ nu īṣa —● my Lord;  te —Your;  pāda-saroja-bhājām —of the devotees engaged in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet;  sudurlabhaḥ —very difficult to obtain;  artheṣu —in the matter of;  caturṣu —in the four objectives;  api —in spite of;  iha —in this world;  tathāpi —yet;  na —do not;  aham —I;  pravṛṇomi —prefer;  bhūman —O great one;  bhavat —Your;  padām-bhoja —lotus feet;  niṣevaṇa-utsukaḥ —anxious to serve.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet have no difficulty in achieving anything within the realm of the four principles of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. But, O great one, as far as I am concerned, I have preferred only to engage in the loving service of Your lotus feet.