शौनक उवाच यदाह नो भवान् सूत क्षत्ता भागवतोत्तम: । चचार तीर्थानि भुवस्त्यक्त्वा बन्धून् सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥ ४८ ॥
saunaka uvaca yad aha no bhavan suta ksatta bhagavatottamah cacara tirthani bhuvas tyaktva bandhun sudustyajan
- saunakah uvaca
- Sri Saunaka Muni said
- yat
- as
- aha
- you said
- nah
- unto us
- bhavan
- your good self
- suta
- O Suta
- ksatta
- Vidura
- bhagavata-uttamah
- one of the topmost devotees of the Lord
- cacara
- practiced
- tirthani
- places of pilgrimage
- bhuvah
- on the earth
- tyaktva
- leaving aside
- bandhun
- all relatives
- su-dustyajan
- very difficult to give up.
Saunaka Rsi, after hearing all about the creation, inquired from Suta Gosvami about Vidura, for Suta Gosvami had previously informed him how Vidura left home, leaving aside all his relatives, who were very difficult to leave.