Text 15] Vidura Approaches Maitreya 131

iti-thus; adrta—being favored; uktah—addressed; paramasya—of the
Supreme; pumsah—Personality of Godhead; pratiksana—every moment;
anugraha-bhajanah—object of favor; aham—myself; sneha—affection;
uttha—eruption; roma—hairs on the body; skhalita—slackened; aksarah—
of the eyes; tam—that; mufican—smearing; sucah—tears; prafjalih— with
folded hands; ababhase—said.

TRANSLATION

Uddhava said: O Vidura, when I was thus favored at every moment
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and addressed by Him with great
affection, my words failed in tears, and the hairs on my body erupted.
After smearing my tears, I, with folded hands, spoke like this:

TEXT 15
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ko nviga te pada-saroja-bhajam
sudurlabho’rthesu catursv aptha

tathapi naham pravrnomi bhuman
bhavat-padam-bhoja-nisevanotsukah

kah nu isa—® my Lord; te—Your; pada-saroja-bhajam—of the devotees
engaged in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet; sudurla-
bhah—very difficult to obtain; arthesu—in the matter of; catursu—in the
four objectives; api—in spite of; tha—in this world; tathapi—yet; na—do not;
aham—I; pravrnomi—prefer; bhuman—O great one; bhavat— Your; padam-
bhoja—lotus feet; nisevana-utsukah—anxious to serve.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving service
of Your lotus feet have no difficulty in achieving anything within the
realm of the four principles of religiosity, economic development, sense
gratification and liberation. But, O great one, as far as I am concerned, I
have preferred only to engage in the loving service of Your lotus feet.
