विदुर उवाच
के ते प्रचेतसो नाम कस्यापत्यानि सुव्रत ।
कस्यान्ववाये प्रख्याताः कुत्र वा सत्रमासत ॥ २ ॥
vidurah uvaca-Vidura inquired; ke-who were; te-they; pracetasah-the Pracetas; nama-of the name; kasya-whose; apatyani-sons; su-vrata-O Maitreya, who has taken an auspicious vow; kasya-whose; anvavaye-in the family; prakhyatah-famous; kutra-where; va-also; satram-the sacrifice; asata-was performed.
Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O greatly advanced devotee, who were the Pracetas? To which family do they belong? Whose sons were they, and where did they perform the great sacrifices?
The great Narada's singing, in the previous chapter, of three verses in the sacrificial arena of the Pracetas gave another impetus to Vidura to ask further questions.