700 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13
ajata—never born; satruh—enemy; krta—having performed; maitrah—
worshiping the demigods; huta-agnih—and offering fuel in the fire; vipran
—the brahmanas; natva—offering obeisances; tila-go-bhii mi-ruk maih—along
with grains, cows, land and gold; grham—within the palace; pravistah—
having entered into; guru-vandanaya—for offering respect to the elderly
members; na—did not; ca—also; apasyat pitarau—his uncle; saubalim—
Gandhian; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
Maharaja Yudhisthira, whose enemy was never born, performed his
daily morning duties by praying, offering fire sacrifice to the sun-god, and
offering obeisances, grains, cows, land and gold to the brahmanas. He then
entered the palace to pay respects to the elderly. However, he could not
find his uncle and aunt, the daughter of King Subala.
PURPORT

Maharaja Yudhisthira was the most pious king because he personally
practiced daily the pious duties for the householders. The householders are
required to rise early in the morning, and after bathing, they should offer
respects to the Deities at home by prayers, by offering fuel in the sacred
fire, by giving the brahmanas in charity land, cows, grains, gold, etc., and
at last offering to the elderly members due respects and obeisances. Unless
one is prepared to practice injunctions which are prescribed in the Sastras,
one cannot be a good man simply by book knowledge. Modern house-
holders are practiced to different modes of life, namely to rise late and
then take bed tea without any sort of cleanliness and without any purifi-
catory practices as mentioned above. The household children are taken
to practice that which the parents practice, and therefore the whole
generation glides towards hell. Nothing good can be expected from them
unless they associate with sadhus. Like Dhrtarastra, the materialistic person
may take lessons from a sadhu like Vidura and thus be cleansed of the
effects of modern life.

Maharaja Yudhisthira, however, could not find in the palace his two
uncles, namely Dhrtarastra and Vidura, along with Gandhian, the daughter
of King Subala. He was anxious to see them and, therefore, asked Sanjaya,
the private secretary of Dhrtarastra.
