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Nārada Instructs the Pracetās
1595
PURPORT
When a saintly person wants to see his kinsmen, he has no material desire to see them. He simply wants to give them some instructions so that they can benefit. Vidura belonged to the royal family of the Kauravas, and although he knew that all the family members were destroyed at the Battle of Kurukṣetra, he nonetheless wanted to see his elder brother, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, to see if he could deliver him from the clutches of  māyā . When a great saintly person like Vidura sees his relatives, he desires only to deliver them from the clutches of  māyā . Vidura thus offered his respectful obeisances to his spiritual master and departed for the city of Hastināpura, the kingdom of the Kauravas.
TEXT 31
एतद्यः शृणुयाद्राजन् राज्ञां हर्यपिंतात्मनाम् ।
आयुर्धनं यशः स्वस्ति गतिमैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात् ॥३१॥
etad yaḥ śṛṇuyād rājan rājñām hary-arpitātmanām āyur dhanam yaśaḥ svasti gatim aiśvaryam āpnuyāt
etat—this; yaḥ—one who; śṛṇuyāt—hears; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; rājñām—of kings; hari—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpita-ātmanām—who have given their life and soul; āyuḥ—duration of life; dhanam—wealth; yaśaḥ—reputation; svasti—good fortune; gatim—the ultimate goal of life; aiśvaryam—material opulence; āpnuyāt—achieves.
TRANSLATION
O King, those who hear these topics about kings who are completely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead obtain without difficulty a long life, wealth, good reputation, good fortune and, ultimately, the opportunity to return home, back to Godhead.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Thirty-first Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Nārada Instructs the Pracetās.”
END OF THE FOURTH CANTO