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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 13]
thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord within their hearts. A pure devotee of the Lord cannot be separated from the lotus feet of the Lord for even a moment. Undoubtedly the Lord is always within the hearts of all living creatures, but they hardly know about it because they are deluded by the illusory material energy. The devotees, however, realize the presence of the Lord, and therefore they can always see the lotus feet of the Lord within their hearts. Such pure devotees of the Lord are as glorious as the Lord; they are, in fact, recommended by the Lord as more worshipable than He Himself. Worship of the devotee is more potent than worship of the Lord. It is therefore the duty of the transcendental students to hear of pure devotees, as explained by similar devotees of the Lord, because one cannot explain about the Lord or His devotee unless he happens to be a pure devotee himself.
TEXT 5
श्रीशुक उवाच
इति मुवाणं विदुरं विनीतं
सहस्रशीर्ष्णश्चरणोपधानम् ।
प्रहृष्टरोमा भगवत्कथायां
प्रणीयमानो मुनिरम्यचष्ट ॥ ५ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca
iti bruvāṇam viduram vinītam
sahasra-śīrṣṇaś caraṇopadhānam
prahṛṣṭa-romā bhagavat-kathāyām
praṇīyamāno munir abhyacaṣṭa
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  bruvāṇam —speaking;  viduram —unto Vidura;  vinītam —very gentle;  sahasra-śīrṣṇaḥ —the Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa;  caraṇa —lotus feet;  upadhānam —pillow;  prahṛṣṭa-romā —hairs standing in ecstasy;  bhagavat —in relationship with the Personality of Godhead;  kathāyām —in the words;  praṇīyamānaḥ —being influenced by such spirit;  muniḥ —the sage;  abhyacaṣṭa —attempted to speak.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa was pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura because Vidura was very meek and gentle. The sage Maitreya was very pleased with Vidura's words, and, being influenced by his spirit, he attempted to speak.