SB 4.31.30
TEXT 30
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TEXT
श्री शुक उवाच
इत्यानम्य तमामन्त्र्य विदुरो गजसाह्वयम् । स्वानां दिदृक्षुः प्रययौ ज्ञातीनां निर्वृताशयः ॥ ३० ॥ sri suka uvaca
ity anamya tam amantrya
viduro gaja-sahvayam
svanam didrksuḥ prayayau
jnatinam nirvrtasayaḥ
sri sukaḥ uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti-thus; anamya-offering obeisances; tam-unto Maitreya; amantrya-taking permission; viduraḥ-Vidura; gaja-sahvayam-the city of Hastinapura; svanam-own; didrksuḥ-desiring to see; prayayau-left that place; jnatinam-of his kinsmen; nirvrta-asayaḥ-free from material desires.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Vidura thus offered obeisances unto the great sage Maitreya, and, taking his permission, started for the city of Hastinapura to see his own kinsmen, although he had no material desires.
PURPORT
When a saintly person wants to see his kinsmen, he has no material desire to see them. He simply wants to give them some instructions so that they can benefit. Vidura belonged to the royal family of the Kauravas, and although he knew that all the family members were destroyed at the Battle of Kuruksetra, he nonetheless wanted to see his elder brother, Dhrtarastra, to see if he could deliver him from the clutches of maya. When a great saintly person like Vidura sees his relatives, he desires only to deliver them from the clutches of maya. Vidura thus offered his respectful obeisances to his spiritual master and departed for the city of Hastinapura, the kingdom of the Kauravas.
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