श्रीशुक उवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायनसुतो बुध: । प्रीणयन्निव भारत्या विदुर: प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam bruvanam maitreyam dvaipayana-suto budhah prinayann iva bharatya vidurah pratyabhasata
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- bruvanam
- speaking
- maitreyam
- unto the sage. Maitreya
- dvaipayana-sutah
- the son of Dvaipayana
- budhah
- learned
- prinayan
- in a pleasing manner
- iva
- as it was
- bharatya
- in the manner of a request
- vidurah
- Vidura
- pratyabhasata
- expressed.
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of Dvaipayana Vyasa, expressed a request in a pleasing manner by asking this question.