श्रीशुक उवाच एवमेतत्पुरा पृष्टो मैत्रेयो भगवान् किल । क्षत्त्रा वनं प्रविष्टेन त्यक्त्वा स्वगृहमृद्धिमत् ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam etat pura prsto maitreyo bhagavan kila ksattra vanam pravistena tyaktva sva-grham rddhimat
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- etat
- this
- pura
- formerly
- prstah
- being asked
- maitreyah
- the great sage Maitreya
- bhagavan
- His Grace
- kila
- certainly
- ksattra
- by Vidura
- vanam
- forest
- pravistena
- entering
- tyaktva
- renouncing
- sva-grham
- own house
- rddhimat
- prosperous.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: After renouncing his prosperous home and entering the forest, King Vidura, the great devotee, asked this question of His Grace Maitreya Rsi.