सङ्गम: खलु विप्रर्षे शिवेनेह शरीरिणाम् । दुर्लभो मुनयो दध्युरसङ्गाद्यमभीप्सितम् ॥ १७ ॥
sangamah khalu viprarse siveneha saririnam durlabho munayo dadhyur asangad yam abhipsitam
- sangamah
- association
- khalu
- certainly
- vipra-rse
- O best of the brahmanas
- sivena
- along with Lord Siva
- iha
- in this world
- saririnam
- those who are encaged in material bodies
- durlabhah
- very rare
- munayah
- great sages
- dadhyuh
- engaged themselves in meditation
- asangat
- being detached from anything else
- yam
- unto whom
- abhipsitam
- desiring.
The great sage Vidura continued: O best of the brahmanas, it is very difficult for living entities encaged within this material body to have personal contact with Lord Siva. Even great sages who have no material attachments do not contact him, despite their always being absorbed in meditation to attain his personal contact.