1040 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

vidura uvaca
pracetasam giritrena
yathasit pathi sangamah
yad utaha harah pritas
tan no brahman vadarthavat

vidurah uvaca—Vidura inquired; pracetasam—of all the Pracetas; giri-
trena—by Lord Siva; yatha—as and as; asit—it was; pathi—on the road;
sangamah—meeting; yat—which; utaha—said; harah—Lord Siva; pritah—
being pleased; tat—that; nah—unto us; brahman—O great brahmana; vada—
speak; arthavat—with clear meaning.

TRANSLATION

Vidura asked Maitreya: My dear brahmana, why did the Pracetas meet
Lord Siva on the way? Please tell me how the meeting happened, how Lord
Siva became very pleased with them, and how he instructed them. Cer-
tainly such talks are important, and I wish that you will please be merciful
upon me and describe them.

PURPORT

Whenever there are some important talks between a devotee and the
Lord or between exalted devotees, one should be very much curious to
hear them. At the meeting of Naimisaranya, where Suta Gosvami spoke
Srimad-Bhagavatam to all the great sages, Sita Gosvami was also asked
about the talks between Maharaja Pariksit and Sukadeva Gosvami, for the
sages believed that the talks between Sukadeva Gosvami and Maharaja
Pariksit must have been as important as the talks between Lord Krsna and
Arjuna. As everyone is still eager to learn the subject of Bhagavad-gita in
order to become perfectly enlightened, Vidura was similarly eager to learn
from the great sage Maitreya about the talks between Lord Siva and the
Pracetas.

TEXT 17

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sangamah khalu viprarse
Siveneha saririnam

durlabho munayo dadhyur
asangad yam abhipsitam
