क्षत्ता महाभागवत: कृष्णस्यैकान्तिक: सुहृत् । यस्तत्याजाग्रजं कृष्णे सापत्यमघवानिति ॥ २ ॥
ksatta maha-bhagavatah krsnasyaikantikah suhrt yas tatyajagrajam krsne sapatyam aghavan iti
- ksatta
- Vidura
- maha-bhagavatah
- a great devotee of the Lord
- krsnasya
- of Lord Krsna
- ekantikah
- unalloyed devotee
- suhrt
- intimate friend
- yah
- he who
- tatyaja
- abandoned
- agra-jam
- his elder brother (King Dhrtarastra)
- krsne
- toward Krsna
- sa-apatyam
- along with his one hundred sons
- agha-van
- offender
- iti
- thus.
Saunaka Rsi inquired about Vidura, who was a great devotee and friend of Lord Krsna and who gave up the company of his elder brother because the latter, along with his sons, played tricks against the desires of the Lord.