CHAPTER SEVEN
Further Inquiries by Vidura
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायनसुतो बुधः । प्रीणयन्निव मार्त्या विदुरः प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca evam bruvāṇam maitreyam dvaipāyana-suto budhaḥ prīṇayann iva bhāratyā viduraḥ pratyabhāṣata
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; bruvāṇam—speaking; maitreyam—unto the sage Maitreya; dvaipāyana-sutaḥ—the son of Dvaipāyana; budhaḥ—learned; prīṇayan—in a pleasing manner; iva—as it was; bhāratyā—in the manner of a request; viduraḥ—Vidura; prati—counter; abhāṣata—expressed.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, expressed a request in a pleasing manner by asking this question.
TEXT 2
विदुर उवाच
ब्रह्मन् कथं भगवतश्चिन्मात्रस्याविकारिणः । लीलया चापि युज्येतसिर्गुणस्य गुणाः क्रियाः ॥ २ ॥
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