Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.13.35

sūta uvāca

kripayā sneha-vaiklavyāt

sūto viraha-karśitah

ātmeśvaram acakshāno

na pratyāhātipīditah

SYNONYMS

sūtah uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; kripayā — out of full compassion; sneha-vaiklavyāt — mental derangement due to profound affection; sūtah — Sañjaya; viraha-karśitah — distressed by separation; ātma-īśvaram — his master; acakshānah — having not seen; na — did not; pratyāha — replied; ati-pīditah — being too aggrieved.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Because of compassion and mental agitation, Sañjaya, not having seen his own master, Dhritarāshtra, was aggrieved and could not properly reply to Mahārāja Yudhishthira.

PURPORT

Sañjaya was the personal assistant of Mahārāja Dhritarāshtra for a very long time, and thus he had the opportunity to study the life of Dhritarāshtra. And when he saw at last that Dhritarāshtra had left home without his knowledge, his sorrows had no bound. He was fully compassionate toward Dhritarāshtra because in the game of the Battle of Kurukshetra, King Dhritarāshtra had lost everything, men and money, and at last the King and the Queen had to leave home in utter frustration. He studied the situation in his own way because he did not know that the inner vision of Dhritarāshtra has been awakened by Vidura and that therefore he had left home in enthusiastic cheerfulness for a better life after departure from the dark well of home. Unless one is convinced of a better life after renunciation of the present life, one cannot stick to the renounced order of life simply by artificial dress or staying out of the home.

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