सूत उवाच निशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितंध्रुवस्य वैकुण्ठपदाधिरोहणम् । प्ररूढभावो भगवत्यधोक्षजेप्रष्टुं पुनस्तं विदुर: प्रचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥
suta uvaca nisamya kausaravinopavarnitam dhruvasya vaikuntha-padadhirohanam prarudha-bhavo bhagavaty adhoksaje prastum punas tam vidurah pracakrame
- sutah uvaca
- Suta Gosvami said
- nisamya
- after hearing
- kausaravina
- by the sage Maitreya
- upavarnitam
- described
- dhruvasya
- of Maharaja Dhruva
- vaikuntha-pada
- to the abode of Visnu
- adhirohanam
- ascent
- prarudha
- increased
- bhavah
- devotional emotion
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- adhoksaje
- who is beyond the reach of direct perception
- prastum
- to inquire
- punah
- again
- tam
- unto Maitreya
- vidurah
- Vidura
- pracakrame
- attempted
Suta Gosvami, continuing to speak to all the rsis, headed by Saunaka, said: After hearing Maitreya Rsi describe Dhruva Maharaja’s ascent to Lord Visnu’s abode, Vidura became very much enlightened in devotional emotion, and he inquired from Maitreya as follows.