386 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 10

ye ca me bhagavan prstas
tvayy artha bahuvittama

tan vadasvénupirvyena
chindhi nah sarva-samsayan

ye—all those; ca—also; me—by me; bhagavan—O powerful one; prstah—
inquired; tvayi—unto you; arthah— purpose; bahuvittama—O greatly learned
one; tan—all of them; vadasva—kindly describe; @nupirvyena—from begin-
ning to end; chindhi—kindly eradicate; nah—my; sarva—all; samsayan—
doubts.

TRANSLATION

O greatly learned one, kindly eradicate all my doubts and let me know
of all that I have inquired from you from the beginning to the end.

PURPORT

Vidura asked all relevant questions of Maitreya because he knew well
that Maitreya was the right person to reply to all the points of his
inquiries. One must be confident about the qualifications of his teacher;
one should not approach a layman for replies to specific spiritual inquiries.
Such inquiries, when replied to with imaginative answers by the teacher,
are a program for wasting time.

TEXT 3
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suta uvaca
evam saiicoditas tena
ksattra kausaravir munih
pritah pratyaha tan prasnan
hrdi-sthan atha bhargava

§ri siitah uvaca—Sri Sita Gosvami said; evam—thus; sancoditah—being
enlivened; tena—by him; ksattra—by Vidura; kausaravii—the son of
Kausara; munih—great sage; prilah—being pleased; pratydha—replied;
tan—those; prasnan—questions; /irdi-sthan—from the core of his heart:
atha—thus; bhargava—the son of Bhrgu.
