Text 48 ] Bhagavatam is the Answer 607

PURPORT

The present duration of a kalpa of Brahma is called Varaha-kalpa or
Svetavaraha-kalpa because the incarnation of the Lord as Varaha took
place during the creation of Brahma, who was born on the lotus coming
out of the abdomen of Visnu. Therefore this Varaha-kalpa is also called
Padma-kalpa, and this is testified by acaryas like Jiva Gosvami as well as
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur in pursuance of the first commentator,
Svami Sridhara. So there is no contradiction between the Varaha and the
Padma-kalpa of Brahma.

TEXT 48

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Saunaka uvaca
yadaha no bhavan siita

ksatta bhadgavatottamah
cacara tirthani bhuvas

tyaktva bandhiin su-dustyajan

§aunakah uvaca—Sri Saunaka Muni said; yat—as; aha—you said; nah—
unto us; bhavén—your good self; siita—O Sita; ksatta—Vidura; bhagavata-
uttamah—one of the topmost devotees of the Lord; cacara—practiced;
tirthani—places of pilgrimage; bhuvah—on the earth; tyaktva leaving aside;
bandhiin—all relatives; su-dustyajan—very difficult to give up.

TRANSLATION

Saunaka Rsi, after hearing all about the creation, inquired from Sita
Gosvami about Vidura, as Sita Gosvami previously informed him how
Vidura left home, leaving aside all relatives who were very difficult to
leave.

PURPORT

The Rsis headed by Saunaka were more anxious to know about Vidura,
who met Maitreya Rsi while traveling in the pilgrimage sites of the world.
