क्षत्ता निशम्याजितवादसत्कथाम् ।
प्रवृद्धभावोऽश्रुकलाकुलो मुने
र्दधार मूर्ध्ना चरणं हृदा हरेः ॥२८॥
imÄá¹ tu kauá¹£ÄraviṇopavarṇitÄá¹
ká¹£attÄ niÅ›amyÄjita-vÄda-sat-kathÄm
pravá¹›ddha-bhÄvo 'Å›ru-kalÄkulo muner
dadhÄra mÅ«rdhnÄ caraṇaá¹ há¹›dÄ hareḥ
imÄm - all this; tu - then; kauá¹£Äraviá¹‡Ä - by Maitreya; upavarṇitÄm - described; ká¹£attÄ - Vidura; niÅ›amya - after hearing; ajita-vÄda - glorification of the Supreme Lord; sat-kathÄm - transcendental message; pravá¹›ddha - enhanced; bhÄvaḥ - ecstasies; aÅ›ru - of tears; kalÄ - by particles; Äkulaḥ - overwhelmed; muneḥ - of the great sage; dadhÄra - captured; mÅ«rdhnÄ - by the head; caraṇam - the lotus feet; há¹›dÄ - by the heart; hareḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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.
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 PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja:
naiá¹£Äá¹ matis tÄvad urukramÄá¹…ghriá¹
spṛśaty anarthÄpagamo yad-arthaḥ
mahÄ«yasÄá¹ pÄda-rajo-’bhiá¹£ekaá¹
niá¹£kiñcanÄnÄá¹ na vṛṇīta yÄvat
(BhÄg. 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 niṣkiñcana. 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.
