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Srimad Bhagavatam

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V.I.G.Menon
Canto 3 The Cosmic Manifestation Chapter 1
Questions by Vidura

Chapter 1: Questions by Vidura

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Suka said To His Grace Maitreya,did ask Vidura,loyal Taking to forest ,leaving the prosperous life so royal

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Oh Parikshit how to describe of thy grand parent s palace !s "rishna Spurned #uryodhana , as $inister to Pandavas

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"ing Parikshit said% &Master', where and when , please tell us (oyal Vidura $et His Grace Maitreya (ishi to discuss this)*

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&+ertainly the $atter $ust have been of highest i$port !s Maitreya was enlightened and respected by the learnt

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Suta said &Sage Suka said,bea$ing with e,pertise -eing .uestioned thus by Parikshit,*/isten to this*

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Suka said &"ing #hrithrashtra, born blind, never righteous, catered to his savage sons ire, !nd, blinded again by their rage sent his nephews to wa, house, later setting it on fire*

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When Dushasana dragged to disrobe Draupadi,the consort Yudhishtira,in the Palace

The King acquiesced,though the vermillion was washed off her bosom by pearly tears

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0hen by $eans foul,1udhishtira was deafeated in a ga$e of dice and sent to forest !nd was not allotted the pro$ised share of land,the "ing was deluded by power2lust

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!lso when /ord "rishna, being the teacher of the world, on the plea of !r3una appeared in the asse$bly, his words as nectar to $ost, was by the king ,of lowest piety ignored

0hen Vidura was called by #hritarashthra to the palace, he said not to deviate fro$ righteousness and gave the advice that the $inisters did well appreciate

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4(eturn now the legiti$ate share to 1udhishthhira, the one who has no bothers by ene$ies yet patient with your offenses 5so be afraid of hi$ and his brothers of who$ we know -hi$a to be as angry and wrathful as any snake that slithers 6

SB 3.1.1
4The sons of Prithu are now adopted by the /ord of /iberation ,the adorable , to the brah$ins and the godly ones, resides with His fa$ily, the honorable 1adu dynasty, that together with Hi$ has defeated nu$erous kings ignoble

SB 3.1.13
#uryodhana, your wicked son, was born in your household as an ene$y of the /ord 6 1ou thus being turned against "rishna are therefore bereft of all goodness ,all sored, that inauspiciousness you $ust, for the sake of the fa$ily, never have this ignored

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Thence #uryodhana addressed Vidura on the spot, swollen , proud and angry n with tre$bling lips, he insulted the highly respectable one of divine .uality in the presence of his younger brothers , his prot7g7 "arna and uncle S8akuni%

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80ho asked hi$ to be here, this illegiti$ate son of a servant,funny who grew up living on the cost of those he betrays as an ene$y spy) Throw hi$ i$$ediately out of palace to be left with his breath only'8

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Vidura on his turn i$$ediately put his bow at the door and the palace,he left hurt in the core of his heart by the barbs ai$ed at hi$ he was cal$ felt great6

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!fter having left the "auravas he sought the salvation through pilgri$ages, all he wanted was the highest grade of devotion by $eans of all those thousands of idols, as established

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He traveled to holy places of devotion where the air, the hills and the orchards, waters, rivers and lakes are pure with te$ples decorated with the appearances of the One 9nli$ited ,thus he proceeded through the holy lands seeking the divine in every place which tookl his eyes

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Traversing the earth independently, he was greatly sanctified by the ground he slept on and without his fa$iliar clothes ,being dressed like a $endicant and perfor$ing his vows to please the /ord, one could recogni:e hi$ not

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Traveling this way for years he arrived finally at the holy land of Prabhasa, now under the reign of 1udhishthhira who by the $ercy of /ord "rishna ruled the world under one $ilitary force after his victory in "urukshetra

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There he heard all his kins$en had perished at "urukshetra war in a violent passion like a ba$boo forest burning down because of ignition through its own fiery friction Thereupon he, silent in his thoughts, heading for river Sarasvati ,in the western :one

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On the bank of the river he visited and duly worshiped the holy places Trita, 9sana, Manu, Prithu, !gni, !sita, V;yu, Sud;sa, Go, Guha and S8raddhadeva6

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There were also many other temples of Vishnu, established by great sages and devatas mar ed by chief emblems of the !ord, and they reminded one always of !ord Krishna"s#

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<ro$ there passing through the wealthy kingdo$s of Surat, Sauvira and "uru3angala , he reached 1a$una river, he $et the greatest devotee 9ddhava, of /ord "rishna

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Vidura e$braced /ords dearest co$panion 9ddhava a for$er student of -rihaspati, the $aster of rituals, and with concern he in.uired of Supre$e /ord "rishna s fa$ily

!re the divinities ,"rishna and -alara$a, who, on the re.uest of the +reator -rah$a , descended in the world to uplift it , all well in the house of "unti s father Surasena

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!nd, is our greatest "uru and brother2in2law, Vasudeva ,the father of /ord "rishna happy who is so generous in providing to the pleasure of his wives oh 9ddhava)

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Please 9ddhava, tell $e whether the $ilitary co$$ander2in2chief of the 1adus, Pradyu$na, is happy, the god of love in previous birth ,the hero who was born to the /ord fro$ (uk$ini after she had tended to the -rah$in sages

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!nd is 9grasena the king of the Satvatas, Vrishnis, #asarhas and -ho3as doing well) He is the one to who$ /ord "rishna restored the hope of the throne after he left all that after he had to give it up being put aside under the rule of "a$sa $y uncle 6

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Oh sage , is, Sa$ba, faring well5the son of !l$ighty he, the first and best a$ong the warriors all $ighty, so $uch alike /ord who fathered hi$, in =a$bavat> rich in her vows , after his previous life as the godly "arthikeya born unto the wife of S8iva the /ordly)

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How is 1uyudhana ,Satyaki ,trained by !r3una the s$art and fulfilled his purpose in the intricacies of $ilitary art and attained Transcendence for any one,so difficult

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How is the devoted son of Syaphalka, !krura,who in subli$e love for /ord

once lost his sanity for ecstasy and fell down on the dust of a road which was mar ed with the footprints of !ord "rishna,the beloved

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?s everything well with /ords $other #evaki,the daughter of "ing #evaka2-ho3a) !s !diti was $other to gods and as Vedas to rituals, she was to /ord @arayana6

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!nd is He, the Personality of Godhead !niruddha also ,the happiest, He who as the source for the fulfill$ent of the desires of the devotees considered the channel for the (ig2Veda, the god of the $ental plane and the transcendental plenary e,pansion of the Vishnu2principle )

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@ Hrid>ka, +harudeshna, Gada , Satyabha$a s the son , who accept the /ord as their own and their soul s sun, n who follow Hi$ with an absolute faith, oh hu$ble one, are they into passing their faith to the ne,t generation )

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#oes 1udhishthhira, ruling with the principles of hu$anis$, $aintain the respect of religion under the aegis of !r3un s ar$s) ?t was he who with the opulence of his royal entourage unhar$ed Through the service of !r3una, raised #uryodhana s envious alar$s6

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!nd did the unassailable -hi$a, like a cobra, vent his fire of fury upon the sinners) #idn t the way he used his heavy club $ade hi$ uncon.uerable to all his attackers

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?s !r3una doing well, he the blessed a$ong the chariot fighters who with his bow the Gand>va van.uished so $any ene$ies) He once was blessed by /ord S8iva covering hi$ with arrows when /ord presented hi$self unrecogni:able as a hunter in farce 6

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!nd are @akula and Sahadeva the twin sons of father Prithu happy ) They protected their brother as eyelids cover the eyes in reclai$ing their property during the fight with kauravas like Garuda did with the nectar fro$ ?ndra s $outh6

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Oh dear is "unthi #evi still alive) She dedicated her life to the care for her fatherless children ,after bereave$ent "ing Pandu who alone could $aster the four directions wielding only a second bow as a leader of all his clan s co$$anding warriors 6

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O gentle one ', ? 3ust pity #hritarashthra ,who falling down when his brother Pandu died, e,iled $e, his well2wisher, fro$ $y city showering the sa$e cruelty that his sons showed

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Therefore did ? travel incognito through this bewildering world @ being doubtless in Hi$, did ? never $iss the feet of the /ord

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!nd the kings under illusion of false Pride on Physi.ue ,/earning and Status, Tra$$eled the earth with their troops n the /ord tolerated the "urus acts

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/ord, the unborn, incarnates to put down the upstarts !nd to teach, why else he need to do all these kar$as )

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Oh $y friend, chant the glories of the /ord, who, yet, unborn to the universe Took apparent incarnation in 1adu dynasty for the sake of few devout rulers

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