Srimad Bhagavatam

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Chapter 4

Vidura Approaches Maitreya

Chapter 4: Vidura Approaches Maitreya

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Udhava said: After partaking of the offerings allowed by Brahmins the Yadus inebriated by liquor hurt each other with harsh words

SB 3.4.! As by friction the bamboos catch fire, so at sunset, their intoxicated minds Lost the sense of proportion and major destruction to the yadus took place. SB 3.4.3
!ord "rishna foresaw the end of his tribe by the sea #ipped the water of #araswathi and sat under a tree

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!ord who caused the destruction of $is clan told %o to Badrikasrama seeing my plight $e advised

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But parting the union with his !otus feet was tormenting #o against $is wish & followed the 'aster unrelenting

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(hen & saw the !ord shelter of all sheltered under a tree deep in meditation near the banks of the river #araswathi

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Beautiful in $is a)ure color of pure goodness and peaceful with $is reddish eyes $e could be seen in the divine form with four arms and the yellow silken garments *

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!eaning his back on a young banyan tree and with $is right foot on left thigh $e who left $is household comforts was relieved a bit*

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(hen 'aitreya a friend and well wisher of +ed +yas (ravelling the three worlds often arrived at that place

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(he sage bent over to listen to the !ord enrapt As !ord spoke smiling allowing to me to rest

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,ear Uddhava & read your mind that in your previous birth as -+asu. You desired my association though very difficult & awarded it to you

SB 3.4. ! Dearest devotee, this life is the last and of supreme paramouncy As in this,I have bestowed you thy desire fulfillment by my mercy SB 3.4. 3
!ong ago & foretold to !ord Brahma born off my transcendental navel/lotus 0n the glories that my incarnations perform in Bhagavatha dealing it thus

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Uddhava said when !ord addressed me me as $is specially loved & broke down my eyes ha)y in tears in folded falteringhands & told

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!ord 1 2eople worship your feet for attaining righteousness as well as goals of wealth desires and salvation but & love serving thy !otus feet that.s all*

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(hy acts confuse the laity and the scholars alike 'y !ord As unborn but born protector taking shelter as afraid &n fortresses and lives in women.s company unattached

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As the absolute & know You are never challenged by times n. knowledge limited Yet You call me for consultations as if you are bewildered keeping me confused

SB 3.4. % My Lord, if ou deem it fit, share with us that transcendental knowled!e about thy mysteries as ou did to Lord "rahma SB 3.4. &
(hus being prayed from the core of my heart the #upreme 2erson the lotus/eyed one instructed me on $is transcendental situation*

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(hus & learnt the path of self reali)ation by devotion at $is !otus feet 3. reached this place again where around him & did circumambulate

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0h +idura & am thus in pain without seeing $im and & will as &nstructed by the !ord go to Badarikasrama for soul.s call*

SB 3.4.!! #here in "adarikasrama the Lord as s $ara and $arayana ,is in !reat penance,since time immemorial for the welfare of all livin! entities. SB 3.4.!3
#ri #uka said $earing from Uddhava on the death of his kith and kins in war (he learnt +idura contained his surging sadness by his enlightenment.s power

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As the great devotee of the !ord Uddhava was leaving +idura in confidence submitted the query on the devotional services to gain !ord "rishna.s grace*

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+idura said: 4(he !ord enlightened you on the mystery of Yoga and its practices can you be kind enough e5pounding it to honor +ishnu in the interest of others*4

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4(urn to the worshippable sage 'aitreya who stays nearby Uddhava then said $e was directly instructed by the #upreme !ord when $e left this mortal world*4

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0vercome by emotions while sharing the nectarine 6ualities of the !ord of the Universe

(he night passed in a moment and Uddhava the son of Anupagava and +idura parted ways

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2arikshit asked #uka 7ishi : 4After the destruction of the +rishni and Bho8a dynasties $ow come Uddhava was the sole survivor after the !ord had completed $is pastimes

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#ri #uka said with the curse of the Brahmins as a fa9ade !ord wanted to dispatch all his family members before $e shed his body and thought

SB 3.4.3' $ow I shall leave this mundane world, and I see that %ddhava, the foremost of My devotees, is the one who can keep n& share the knowled!e on Me intact SB 3.4.3
Uddhava has the least blemishes as he is never affected by the material modes* 7ightfully entitled to retaining and disseminating the knowledge about my acts*

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(hus after receiving direct instructions from the !ord Uddhava reached Badarikasram in bilss n. fully sorbed

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+idura too was enlightened for he had heard of the !ords glories from Uddhava the great

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(hat !ords assuming a physical body is for the persevering great sages as well as others is difficult to comprehend for people with base instincts as to them it is simply stories

SB 3.4.3" %nderstandin! that he was remembered by Lord 'rishna on his ascension (idura be!an to cry loudly, overwhelmed by the ecstasy of love and passion. SB 3.4.3# After passin! a few days on the bank of amun), (idura, the self*reali+ed l, reached the bank of the ,an!es, where the !reat sa!e Maitreya was situated.