CHAPTER SEVEN

Further Inquiries by Vidura

TEXT 1

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Sri Suka uvaca
evam bruvanam maitreyam
dvaipayana-suto budhah
prinayann iva bharatya
vidurah pratyabhasata

§ri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam—thus; bruvanam—
speaking; maitreyam—unto the sage Maitreya; dvaipayana-sutah—the son of
Dvaipayana; budhah—learned; prinayan—in a pleasing manner; iva—as it
was; bharatya—in the manner of a request; vidurah— Vidura; prati—
counter; abhasata—expressed.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was
thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of Dvaipayana Vyasa, expressed a
request in a pleasing manner by asking this question.

TEXT 2

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