विदुर उवाच ज्ञानं परं स्वात्मरह:प्रकाशं यदाह योगेश्वर ईश्वरस्ते । वक्तुं भवान्नोऽर्हति यद्धि विष्णो- र्भृत्या: स्वभृत्यार्थकृतश्चरन्ति ॥ २५ ॥
vidura uvaca jnanam param svatma-rahah-prakasam yad aha yogesvara isvaras te vaktum bhavan no ’rhati yad dhi visnor bhrtyah sva-bhrtyartha-krtas caranti
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- jnanam
- knowledge
- param
- transcendental
- sva-atma
- regarding the self
- rahah
- mystery
- prakasam
- enlightening
- yat
- that which
- aha
- said
- yoga-isvarah
- the master of all mystics
- isvarah
- the Lord
- te
- unto you
- vaktum
- to narrate
- bhavan
- your good self
- nah
- unto me
- arhati
- deserve
- yat
- for
- hi
- reason of
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- bhrtyah
- servants
- sva-bhrtya-artha-krtah
- for the interest of their servants
- caranti
- do wander
Vidura said: O Uddhava, because the servants of Visnu, the Lord, wander in the interest of serving others, it is quite fit that you kindly describe the self-knowledge with which you have been enlightened by the Lord Himself.