Text 27] Vidura Approaches Maitreya 145

TEXT 27

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Sri Suka uvaca
itt saha vidurena visva-murter
guna-kathaya sudhaya plavitorutapah
ksanam iva puline yamasvasus tam
samusita aupagavir nisam tato’gat

Sri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti—thus; saha—along with;
vidurena-- Vidura; visva-murteh—of the Universal Person; guna-kathaya—
in the discourse of transcendental qualities; sudhaya—nectarean; plavita-
urutapah—overwhelmed by great affliction; ksanam—moment; iva—like
that; puline—on the bank of; yamasvasuh tam—River Yamuna; samusitah—
passed on; aupagavih —the son of Aupagava (Uddhava); nisam—the night;
tatah—thereafter; agat— went away.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, thus discussing the transcendental
name, fame, qualities, etc., on the bank of the Yamuna, Vidura became
overwhelmed with great affliction. He passed the night as if it were a
moment, and thereafter he went away.

PURPORT

The word used here for Krsna is visva-murti. Both Uddhava and Vidura
were in great affliction because of Lord Krsna’s departure, and the more
they discussed the transcendental name, fame and qualities of the Lord,
the more the picture of the Lord became visible to them everywhere. Such
visualization of the transcendental form of the Lord is neither false nor
imaginary but is factual Absolute Truth. When the Lord is perceived as
visva-murti, it is not that He loses His personality or transcendental eternal
form, but He becomes visible in the same form everywhere.
