Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.1.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

evam etat purā pṛṣṭo

maitreyo bhagavān kila

kṣattrā vanaḿ praviṣṭena

tyaktvā sva-gṛham ṛddhimat

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — thus; etat — this; purā — formerly; pṛṣṭaḥ — being asked; maitreyaḥ — the great sage Maitreya; bhagavān — His Grace; kila — certainly; kṣattrā — by Vidura; vanam — forest; praviṣṭena — entering; tyaktvā — renouncing; sva-gṛham — own house; ṛddhimat — prosperous.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After renouncing his prosperous home and entering the forest, King Vidura, the great devotee, asked this question of His Grace Maitreya Ṛṣi.

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