CHAPTER FIVE
Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
TEXT I
श्रीशुक उवाच द्वारि द्युनद्या ऋषभः कुरुणां मैत्रेयमासीनमगाधबोधम् । क्षत्तोपसृत्याच्युतभावसिद्धः पप्रच्छ सौशील्यगुणाभिवृत्तः ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca dvāri dyunadyā rṣabhaḥ kurūṇām maitreyam āsīnam agādha-bodham kṣattopaṣṛtyācyuta-bhāva-siddhaḥ papraccha sauśīlya-guṇābhitṛptaḥ
śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; dvāri—on the mouth of; dyunadyāḥ—the celestial River Ganges; rṣabhaḥ—the best of the Kurus; kurūṇām—of the Kurus; maitreyam—unto Maitreya; āsīnam—sitting; agādha-bodham—of unfathomed knowledge; kṣattā—Vidura; upaṣṛtya—having approached nearer; acyuta—the infallible Lord; bhāva—character; siddhaḥ—perfect; papraccha—inquired; sauśīlya—gentleness; guṇa-abhitṛptaḥ—satisfied in transcendental qualities.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Vidura, the best amongst the Kuru dynasty, who was perfect in devotional service to the Lord, thus reached the mouth of the celestial Ganges River [Hardwar], where Maitreya, the great fathomless learned sage of the world, was seated. Vidura, who was perfect in gentleness and satisfied in transcendence, inquired from him.
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