490 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13

thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord within their hearts. A pure devotee
of the Lord cannot be separated from the lotus feet of the Lord for even
a moment. Undoubtedly the Lord is always within the hearts of all living
creatures, but they hardly know about it because they are deluded by the
illusory material energy. The devotees, however, realize the presence of
the Lord, and therefore they can always see the lotus feet of the Lord
within their hearts. Such pure devotees of the Lord are as glorious as the
Lord; they are, in fact, recommended by the Lord as more worshipable
than He Himself. Worship of the devotee is more potent than worship of
the Lord. It is therefore the duty of the transcendental students to hear
of pure devotees, as explained by similar devotees of the Lord, because
one cannot explain about the Lord or His devotee unless he happens to be
a pure devotee himself.

TEXT 5

ATR TUF
eft aamt = fagt fad
TEAR AUNTATAT |
qa | abeT AE 4 Il
srt Suka uvaca
iti bruvanam viduram vinitam
sahasra-Sirsnas caranopadhanam
prahrsta-roma bhagavat-kathayam
praniyamano munir abhyacasta

sri sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti—thus; bruvanam—
speaking; viduram—unto Vidura; vinitam—very gentle; sahasra-sirsnah—the
Personality of Godhead Krsna; carana—lotus feet; upadhanam—pillow;
prahrsta-roma—hairs standing in ecstasy; bhagavat—in relationship with
the Personality of Godhead; kathayam—im the words; praniyamanah—
being influenced by such spirit; munih—the sage; abhyacasta—attempted
to speak.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: The Personality of Godhead Sri Krgna was
pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura because Vidura was
very meek and gentle. The sage Maitreya was very pleased with Vidura’s
words, and, being influenced by his spirit, he attempted to speak.
