Text 31] Narada Instructs the Pracetas 1595
PURPORT

When a saintly person wants to see his kinsmen, he has no material de-
sire to see them. He simply wants to give them some instructions so that
they can benefit. Vidura belonged to the royal family of the Kauravas,
and although he knew that all the family members were destroyed at the
Battle of Kuruksetra, he nonetheless wanted to see his elder brother,
Dhrtarastra, to see if he could deliver him from the clutches of maya.
When a great saintly person like Vidura sees his relatives, he desires only
to deliver them from the clutches of maya. Vidura thus offered his re-
spectful obeisances to his spiritual master and departed for the city of
Hastinapura, the kingdom of the Kauravas.

TEXT 31
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CAA: TTA Tet TAA |
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etad yah srnuydd rajan
rajfiam hary-arpitatmanam
dyur dhanam yasah svasti
gatim aigvaryam dpnuyat

etat—this; yah—one who; §rnu yat—hears; rdjan—O King Pariksit; rajidm
—of kings; hari-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; arpita-
adtmanadm—who have given their life and soul; dyuh—duration of life;
dhanam—wealth; yasah—reputation; svasti-good fortune; gatim—the ulti-
mate goal of life; aisvaryam—material opulence; dpnuydt— achieves.

TRANSLATION

O King, those who hear these topics about kings who are com-
pletely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead obtain with-
out difficulty a long life, wealth, good reputation, good fortune and,
ultimately, the opportunity to return home, back to Godhead.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Thirty-first
Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled ‘“‘Narada Instructs the
Pracetas.”’

END OF THE FOURTH CANTO
