Text 10] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 171

TEXT 10

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paravaresam bhagavan vratani
Srulani me vyasa-mukhad abhiksnam
alrpnuma ksulla-sukhavahanam
tesamrte krsna-kalthamrtaughal

para—higher; avara—lower; esam—of all these; bhagavan—O my lord, O
great one; vratani—occupations; srutani—heard; me—by me; vydasa— Vyasa;
mukhat—from the mouth; abhiksnam—repeatedly; atrpnuma—l am satis-
fied; ksulla—little; sukha-dvahanadm—that which causes happiness; tesam—
out of that; amrta—reality; krsna-katha—talks about the Personality of
Godhead, Lord Krsna; amrta-oghat—from the nectar.

TRANSLATION

O my lord, I have repeatedly heard about these higher and lower
statuses of human society from the mouth of Vyasadeva, and I am quite
satiated with all these lesser subject matters and their happiness. They
have not satisfied me with the nectar of topics about Krsna.

PURPORT

Because people are very much interested in hearing social and historical
presentations, Srila Vyasadeva has compiled many books such as the
Puranas and Mahabharata. These books are reading matter for the mass of
people, and they were compiled with a view to reviving their God
consciousness, now forgotten in the conditional life of material existence.
The real purpose of such literatures is not so much to present topics of
historical references, but to revive the people’s sense of God consciousness.
For example, Mahabharata is the history of the Battle of Kurukgetra, and
common people read it because it is full of topics regarding the social,
political and economic problems of human society. But factually the most
important part of Mahabharata is Bhagavad-gita, which is automatically
taught to readers along with the historical narrations of the Battle of
Kuruksetra.
