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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 10]
ye ca me bhagavan pṛṣṭās tvayy arthā bahuvittama tān vadasvānupūrvyeṇa chindhi naḥ sarva-saṁśayān
ye—all those; ca—also; me—by me; bhagavan—O powerful one; pṛṣṭāḥ—inquired; tvayi—unto you; arthāḥ—purpose; bahuvittama—O greatly learned one; tān—all of them; vadasva—kindly describe; ānupūrvyeṇa—from beginning to end; chindhi—kindly eradicate; naḥ—my; sarva—all; saṁśayān—doubts.
TRANSLATION
O greatly learned one, kindly eradicate all my doubts and let me know of all that I have inquired from you from the beginning to the end.
PURPORT
Vidura asked all relevant questions of Maitreya because he knew well that Maitreya was the right person to reply to all the points of his inquiries. One must be confident about the qualifications of his teacher; one should not approach a layman for replies to specific spiritual inquiries. Such inquiries, when replied to with imaginative answers by the teacher, are a program for wasting time.
TEXT 3
सूत उवाच
एवं सञ्चोदितस्तेन क्षत्रा कौषारविर्मुनिः । प्रीतः प्रत्याह तान् प्रश्नान् हृदिस्थानथ भार्गव ॥३॥
sūta uvāca evaṁ sañcoditas tena kṣattrā kauṣāravir muniḥ prītaḥ pratyāha tān praśnān hṛdi-sthān atha bhārgava
śrī sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; evaṁ—thus; sañcoditaḥ—being enlivened; tena—by him; kṣattrā—by Vidura; kauṣāraviḥ—the son of Kauṣāra; muniḥ—great sage; prītaḥ—being pleased; pratyāha—replied; tān—those; praśnān—questions; hṛdi-sthān—from the core of his heart; atha—thus; bhārgava—the son of Bhṛgu.