CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
TEXT I
श्रीशुक उवाच
निशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितां
हरेः कथां कारणमकरात्मनः।
पुनः स पप्रच्छ तमुद्यताञ्जलि-
नं चातिरुप्तो विदुरो धृतव्रतः ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca
niśamya kauṣāra-viṇopavarṇitām
hareḥ kathām kāraṇa-sūkarātmanaḥ
punaḥ sa papraccha tam udyatāñjalir
na cātitrpto viduro dhṛta-vrataḥ
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; niśamya—after hearing; kauṣāravinā—by the sage Maitreya; upavarṇitām—described; hareḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; kathām—narrations; kāraṇa—for the reason of lifting the earth; sūkara-ātmanaḥ—of the boar incarnation; punaḥ—again; saḥ—he; papraccha—inquired; tam—from him (Maitreya); udyata-āñjaliḥ—with folded hands; na—never; ca—also; atitrptaḥ—very much satisfied; viduraḥ—Vidura; dhṛta-vrataḥ—taken to a vow.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing from the great sage Maitreya about the Lord's incarnation as Varāha, Vidura, who had taken a vow, begged him with folded hands to please narrate further transcendental activities of the Lord, since he [Vidura] did not yet feel satisfied.
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