268 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 7
TEXT 7
waheey mat Raq fardsarrage |
Tat WIS fet was aa Fed II 91!
etasmin me mano vidvan
khidyate’ jiana-sankate
tan nah paranuda vibho
kaSmalam manasarh mahat
etasmin—in this; me—my; manah—mind; vidvan—O learned one; khid-
yate—is troubling; ajfidna—nescience; sankate—in distress; tat—therefore;
nah—mine; pardnuda—clear up; vibho—O great one; kasmalam—illusion;
manasam—relating to the mind; mahat—great.
TRANSLATION
O great and learned one, my mind is greatly illusioned by the distress of
this nescience, and | therefore request you to clear it up.
PURPORT
Such mental bewilderment as represented here by Vidura takes: place
for some living entities, but not for everyone, for if everyone were
bewildered there would be no possibility of a solution by higher person-
alities.
TEXT 8
vitae Tara
eel Tas TAT THAT lA |
TA ATT: WaT TTT II < II
Sri Suka uvaca
sa ittham coditah ksattra
tattva-jijiasuna munih
pratyaha bhagavac-cittah
smayann iva gata-smayah
Sri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; sah—he (Maitreya Muni);
ittham—in this way; coditah—being agitated; ksattra—by Vidura; tattva-
jyfidsund—by one who was anxious to inquire to know the truth; munih—
the great sage; pratyaha—replied; bhagavat-cittah—God conscious; smay-
an—.wonder; tva—since; gata-smayah— without hesitation.
