676 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13

qualities. Either remaining at home or leaving home, the real qualification
of a pure devotee is to become rapt in the thought of Krsna favorably,
i.e., knowing well that Lord Krsna is the Absolute Personality of Godhead.
Kamsa, Jarasandha, Sigupala and other demons like them were also always
rapt in the thought of Lord Krgna, but they were absorbed in a different
way, namely unfavorably, or thinking Him to be a powerful man only.
Therefore, Karnsa and Sisupala are not on the same level of pure devotees
like Vidura, the Pandavas or the Yadavas.

Maharaja Yudhisthira was also always rapt in the thought of Lord
Krsna and His associates at Dvaraka. Otherwise he would not have asked
all about them from Vidura. Maharaja Yudhisthira is, therefore, on the
same level of devotion as Vidura, although engaged in the state affairs of
the kingdom of the world.

TEXT 12

Tra WaT ad aq aaa |
qa mAM frat TERIA ULI

ity ukto dharma-rajena
sarvam tat samavarnayat

yathanubhiitarn kramaso
vind yadu-kulaksayam

iti-thus; uktah—being asked; dharmarajena—by King Yudhisthira;
sarvam—all; tat—that; samavarnayat—properly described; yathd-anubhitam
—as he experienced; kramasah—one after another; vina—without; yadu-
kulak sayam—annihilation of the Yadu dynasty.

TRANSLATION

Thus being questioned by Maharaja Yudhisthira, Mahatma Vidura
gradually described everything that he personally experienced, except
news of the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty.

TEXT 13
wate ged gat aagateay |
MATA THEM Sfeaary ALATA: 112 3
