CHAPTER ONE
Questions by Vidura

TEXT 1

tas sara
RAAT Wl AIA WA fee |
AM aa TAA TFA ATTA Ul Ul

Sri Suka uvaca
evam-etat pura prsto
maitreyo bhagavan kila
ksattra vanam pravistena
tyaktva sva-grham rddhimat

§ri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam—thus; etat—this;
pura—formerly; prstah—being asked; maitreyah—the great sage Maitreya;
bhagavan—His Grace; kila—certainly; ksattra—by Vidura; vanam—forest;
pravistena—entering; tyaktva—renouncing; sva-grham—own house; rddhi-
mat— prosperous.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: After renouncing his prosperous home and
entering the forest, King Vidura, the great devotee, asked this question of
His Grace Maitreya Rsi:

TEXT 2
Tl Wt aagal WATAASAT |
Trane fear afatarerareny II 2 1

yadva ayam mantra-krd vo
bhagavan akhilesvarah

pauravendra-grham hit va
pravivesat masat krtam

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