Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura. Text 1

श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायनसुतो बुधः ।
प्रीणयन्निव भारत्या विदुरः प्रत्यभाषत ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
evaá¹ bruvÄṇaá¹ maitreyaá¹
dvaipÄyana-suto budhaḥ
prīṇayann iva bhÄratyÄ
viduraḥ pratyabhÄá¹£ata

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; evam - thus; bruvÄṇam - speaking; maitreyam - unto the sage. Maitreya; dvaipÄyana-sutaḥ - the son of DvaipÄyana; budhaḥ - learned; prīṇayan - in a pleasing manner; iva - as it was; bhÄratyÄ - in the manner of a request; viduraḥ - Vidura; pratyabhÄá¹£ata - expressed.


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ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of DvaipÄyana VyÄsa, expressed a request in a pleasing manner by asking this question.

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