Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.7.7

etasmin me mano vidvan

khidyate 'jñāna-sańkaṭe

tan naḥ parāṇuda vibho

kaśmalaḿ mānasaḿ mahat

SYNONYMS

etasminin this; me — my; manaḥ — mind; vidvanO learned one; khidyate — is troubling; ajñāna — nescience; sańkaṭein distress; tat — therefore; naḥ — my; parāṇuda — clear up; vibhoO great one; kaśmalam — illusion; mānasam — relating to the mind; mahat — great.

TRANSLATION

O great and learned one, my mind is greatly illusioned by the distress of this nescience, and I therefore request you to clear it up.

PURPORT

Such mental bewilderment as represented here by Vidura takes place for some living entities, but not for everyone, for if everyone were bewildered there would be no possibility of a solution by higher personalities.

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