Canto 2: The Cosmic ManifestationChapter 10: Bhagavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.48

saunaka uvaca

yad aha no bhavan suta

kshatta bhagavatottamah

cacara tirthani bhuvas

tyaktva bandhun sudustyajan

SYNONYMS

saunakah uvaca -- Sri Saunaka Muni said; yat -- as; aha -- you said; nah -- unto us; bhavan -- your good self; suta -- O Suta; kshatta -- Vidura; bhagavata-uttamah -- one of the topmost devotees of the Lord; cacara -- practiced; tirthani -- places of pilgrimage; bhuvah -- on the earth; tyaktva -- leaving aside; bandhun -- all relatives; su-dustyajan -- very difficult to give up.

TRANSLATION

Saunaka Rishi, after hearing all about the creation, inquired from Suta Gosvami about Vidura, for Suta Gosvami had previously informed him how Vidura left home, leaving aside all his relatives, who were very difficult to leave.

PURPORT

The rishis headed by Saunaka were more anxious to know about Vidura, who met Maitreya Rishi while traveling to the pilgrimage sites of the world.

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