830 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 15

viduro ‘pi parityajya
prabhase deham atmanah

krgnavesena tac-cittah
pitrbhih sva-ksayam yayau

vidurah— Vidura (the uncle of Maharaja Yudhisthira); api—also;
parityajya—after quitting the body; prabhase—in the place of pilgrimage
at Prabhasa; deham atmanah—his body; krspa—the Personality of Godhead;
avesena—being absorbed in that thought; tat—his; cittah—thoughts and
actions; pitrbhih—along with the residents of Pitrloka; sva-ksayam—his
own abode; yayau—departed.

TRANSLATION

Vidura, while on pilgrimage, left his body at Prabhasa. Because he was
absorbed in thought of Lord Krsna, he was received by the denizens of the
Pitrloka planet where he returned to his original post.

PURPORT

The difference between the Pandavas and Vidura is that the Pandavas
are eternal associates of the Lord Personality of Godhead, whereas Vidura
is one of the administrative demigods in charge of the Pitrloka planet and
is known as Yamaraja. Men are afraid of Yamaraja because it is he only who
awards punishment to the miscreants of the material world, but those who
are devotees of the Lord have nothing to fear from him. To the devotees
he is a cordial friend, but to the nondevotees he is fear personified. As we
have already discussed, it is understood that Yamaraja was cursed by
Manduka Muni to be degraded as a sitdra, and therefore Vidura was an
incarnation of Yamaraja. As eternal servitor of the Lord, he displayed his
devotional activities very ardently and lived a life of a pious man, so much
so that a materialistic man like Dhrtarastra also got salvation by his
instruction. So by his pious activities in devotional service of the Lord he
was able to remember always the lotus feet of the Lord, and thus he
became washed of all contamination of a sidra-born life. At the end he
was again received by the denizens of Pitrloka and posted in his original
position. The demigods are also associates of the Lord without personal
touch, whereas the direct associates of the Lord are in constant personal
touch with Him. The Lord and His personal associates incarnate in many
universes without cessation. The Lord remembers them all, whereas the
