Text 60] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 729
TEXT 59
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RaRgTNT Te ATE SI
viduras tu tad ascaryam
nisamya kuru-nandana
harsa-Soka-yutas tasmad
ganta tirtha-nisevakah
vidurah—Vidura also; tu—but; tat—that incidence; ascaryam—wonderful;
nisamya—seeing; kuru-nandana—O son of the Kuru dynasty; harsa—
delight; soka—grief; yutah—affected by; tasmat—from that place; ganta—
went away; tirtha—place of pilgrimage; nisevakah—for being enlivened.
TRANSLATION
Vidura, being affected with delight and grief, will then leave that
place of sacred pilgrimage.
PURPORT
Vidura was astonished to see the marvelous departure of his brother
Dhrtarastra as a liberated yogt, for in his past life he was much attached to
materialism. Of course it was only due to Vidura that his brother attained
the desirable goal of life. He was therefore glad to learn about it. But he
was sorry that he could not make his brother turn into a pure devotee.
This was not done by Vidura because of Dhrtarastra’s being inimical to the
Pandavas, who were all devotees of the Lord. An offense at the feet of a
Vaisnava is more dangerous than an offense at the lotus feet of the Lord.
Vidura was certainly very liberal to bestow mercy upon his brother
Dhrtarastra, whose past life was very materialistic. But ultimately the
result of such mercy certainly depended on the will of the Supreme Lord
in the present life; therefore Dhrtarastra attained liberation only, and
after many such liberated states of life one can attain to the stage of
devotional service. Vidura was certainly very mortified by the death of
his brother and sister-in-law, and the only remedy to mitigate such lamen-
tation was to go out to pilgrimage. Thus Maharaja Yudhisthira had no
chance to call back Vidura, his surviving uncle.
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