श्री शुक उवाच द्वारि द्युनद्या ऋषभ: कुरूणां मैत्रेयमासीनमगाधबोधम् । क्षत्तोपसृत्याच्युतभावसिद्ध: पप्रच्छ सौशील्यगुणाभितृप्त: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca dvari dyu-nadya rsabhah kurunam maitreyam asinam agadha-bodham ksattopasrtyacyuta-bhava-siddhah papraccha sausilya-gunabhitrptah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sukadeva Gosvami said
- dvari
- at the source of
- dyu-nadyah
- the celestial river Ganges
- rsabhah
- the best of the Kurus
- kurunam
- of the Kurus
- maitreyam
- unto Maitreya
- asinam
- sitting
- agadha-bodham
- of unfathomed knowledge
- ksatta
- Vidura
- upasrtya
- having approached nearer
- acyuta
- the infallible Lord
- bhava
- character
- siddhah
- perfect
- papraccha
- inquired
- sausilya
- gentleness
- guna-abhitrptah
- satisfied in transcendental qualities
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Vidura, the best amongst the Kuru dynasty, who was perfect in devotional service to the Lord, thus reached the source of the celestial Ganges River (Hardwar), where Maitreya, the great, fathomless learned sage of the world, was seated. Vidura, who was perfect in gentleness and satisfied in transcendence, inquired from him.