CHAPTER THIRTEEN ‘
Dhrtarastra Quits Home
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suta uvaca
viduras tirtha-yatrayam
maitreyad atmano gatim
jfiatvagadd hastina-puram
tayavapta vivitsitah
srt sutah uvaca—Sri Suta Gosvami said; vidurah—Vidura; tirtha-
yatrayam—while traveling to different places of pilgrimage; maitreyat—
from the great sage Maitreya; atmanah—of the self; gatim—destination;
jiatva—by knowing it; agat—went back; hastina-puram—the city of
Hastinapura; taya—by that knowledge; avapta—sufficiently gainer; vivitsitah
—being well versed in everything knowable.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sita Gosvami said: While traveling on a pilgrimage, Vidura re-
ceived knowledge of the destination of the self from the great sage
Maitreya and then returned to Hastinapura. He became as well versed in
the subject as he desired.
PURPORT
Vidura: One of the prominent figures in the history of the Mahabharata.
He was conceived by Vyasadeva in the womb of the maidservant of Am-
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