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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 31: Nārada Instructs the Pracetās |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.31.28
imām tu kaushāravinopavarnitām
kshattā niśamyājita-vāda-sat-kathām
pravriddha-bhāvo 'śru-kalākulo muner
dadhāra mūrdhnā caranam hridā hareh
SYNONYMS
imām — all this; tu — then; kaushāravinā — by Maitreya; upavarnitām — described; kshattā — Vidura; niśamya — after hearing; ajita-vāda — glorification of the Supreme Lord; sat-kathām — transcendental message; pravriddha — enhanced; bhāvah — ecstasies; aśru — of tears; kalā — by particles; ākulah — overwhelmed; muneh — of the great sage; dadhāra — captured; mūrdhnā — by the head; caranam — the lotus feet; hridā — by the heart; hareh — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, in this way, after hearing the transcendental messages of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees from the great sage Maitreya, Vidura was overwhelmed with ecstasy. With tears in his eyes, he immediately fell down at the lotus feet of his guru, his spiritual master. He then fixed the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the core of his heart.
PURPORT
This is a sign of associating with great devotees. A devotee takes instructions from a liberated soul and is thus overwhelmed by ecstasy from transcendental pleasure. As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja:
naishām matis tāvad urukramāńghrim
spriśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthah
mahīyasām pāda-rajo-'bhishekam
nishkińcanānām na vrinīta yāvat
(Bhāg. 7.5.32)
One cannot become a perfect devotee of the Lord without having touched the lotus feet of a great devotee. One who has nothing to do with this material world is called nishkińcana. The process of self-realization and the path home, back to Godhead, means surrendering to the bona fide spiritual master and taking the dust of his lotus feet on one's head. Thus one advances on the path of transcendental realization. Vidura had this relationship with Maitreya, and he attained the results.
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