किमन्वपृच्छन्मैत्रेयं विरजास्तीर्थसेवया । उपगम्य कुशावर्त आसीनं तत्त्ववित्तमम् ॥ ४ ॥
kim anvaprcchan maitreyam virajas tirtha-sevaya upagamya kusavarta asinam tattva-vittamam
- kim
- what
- anvaprcchat
- inquired
- maitreyam
- from the sage Maitreya
- virajah
- Vidura, who was without material contamination
- tirtha-sevaya
- by visiting sacred places
- upagamya
- having met
- kusavarte
- at Kusavarta (Haridvara, or Hardwar)
- asinam
- who was abiding
- tattva-vit-tamam
- the foremost knower of the science of spiritual life.
Vidura was purified of all passion by wandering in sacred places, and at last he reached Hardwar, where he met the great sage who knew the science of spiritual life, and he inquired from him. Saunaka Rsi therefore asked: What more did Vidura inquire from Maitreya?