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श्री शुक उवाच
इत्युद्धवादुपाकर्ण्य सुहृदां दुःसहं वधम् ।
ज्ञानेनाशमयत्क्षत्ता शोकमुत्पतितं बुधः ॥ २३ ॥

sri suka uvaca

ity uddhavad upakarnya

suhrdam duhsaham vadham

jnanenasamayat ksatta

sokam utpatitam budhah

sri sukah uvaca-Sri Suka Gosvami said; iti-thus; uddhavat-from Uddhava; upakarnya-hearing; suhrdam-of friends and relatives; duhsaham-unbearable; vadham-annihilation; jnanena-by transcendental knowledge; asamayat-pacified himself; ksatta-Vidura; sokam-bereavement; utpatitam-arisen; budhah-the learned.