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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.48
kshattā bhāgavatottamah
SYNONYMS
śaunakah uvāca — Śrī Śaunaka Muni said; yat — as; āha — you said; nah — unto us; bhavān — your good self; sūta — O Sūta; kshattā — Vidura; bhāgavata-uttamah — one of the topmost devotees of the Lord; cacāra — practiced; tīrthāni — places of pilgrimage; bhuvah — on the earth; tyaktvā — leaving aside; bandhūn — all relatives; su-dustyajān — very difficult to give up.
TRANSLATION
Śaunaka Rishi, after hearing all about the creation, inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī about Vidura, for Sūta Gosvāmī had previously informed him how Vidura left home, leaving aside all his relatives, who were very difficult to leave.
PURPORT
The rishis headed by Śaunaka were more anxious to know about Vidura, who met Maitreya Rishi while traveling to the pilgrimage sites of the world.
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