Text 42] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 205

a little quantity of Ganges water can save one from the punishment of
Yamaraja.

TEXT 42

PPI BAIA A WAT
wa ASAT OI
gaa tata sta

aa | adsefiratiaizg eit

yac chraddhaya gruta-vatya ca bhaktya
sammrjyamane hrdaye ‘vadhaya
Jiianena vairagya-balena dhira
vrajema tat te “nghri-sarojapitham

yat—that which; sraddhaya—by eagerness; sruta-vatya—simply by hear-
ing; ¢a—also; bhaktya—in devotion; sammrjyamane—being cleansed;
hrdaye—in the heart; avadhaya—meditation; jridnena—by knowledge;
vairagya—detachment; balena—by the strength of; dhirah—pacified; vra-
jema—must go to; tat—that; te—Your; aighri—feet; sarah-japitham—lotus
sanctuary.

TRANSLATION

Simply by hearing about Your lotus feet with eagerness and devotion
and by meditating upon them within the heart, one at once becomes
enlightened with knowledge, and on the strength of detachment one
becomes pacified. We must therefore take shelter of the sanctuary of Your
lotus feet.

PURPORT

The miracles of meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord with eagerness
and devotion are so great that no other process can compare to it. The
minds of materialistic persons are so disturbed that it is almost impossible
for them to search after the Supreme Truth by personal regulative
endeavors. But even such materialistic men, with a little eagerness for
hearing about the transcendental name, fame, qualities, etc., can surpass
allother methods of attaining knowledge and detachment. The conditioned
soul is attached to the bodily conception of the self, and therefore he is in
ignorance. Culture of self-knowledge can bring about detachment from
material affection, and without such detachment there is no meaning to
knowledge. The most stubborn attachment for material enjoyment is sex
