न ह्यल्पार्थोदयस्तस्य विदुरस्यामलात्मन: । तस्मिन् वरीयसि प्रश्न: साधुवादोपबृंहित: ॥ ४ ॥
na hy alparthodayas tasya vidurasyamalatmanah tasmin variyasi prasnah sadhu-vadopabrmhitah
- na
- never
- hi
- certainly
- alpa-artha
- small (unimportant) purpose
- udayah
- raised
- tasya
- his
- vidurasya
- of Vidura
- amala-atmanah
- of the saintly man
- tasmin
- in that
- variyasi
- highly purposeful
- prasnah
- question
- sadhu-vada
- things approved by saints and sages
- upabrmhitah
- full with.
Saint Vidura was a great and pure devotee of the Lord, and therefore his questions to His Grace Rsi Maitreya must have been very purposeful, on the highest level, and approved by learned circles.