Canto 2: The Cosmic ManifestationChapter 10: Bhāgavatam Is the Answer to All Questions

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.48

śaunaka uvāca

yad āha no bhavān sūta

kṣattā bhāgavatottamaḥ

cacāra tīrthāni bhuvas

tyaktvā bandhūn sudustyajān

SYNONYMS

śaunakaḥ uvācaŚrī Śaunaka Muni said; yatas; āha — you said; naḥ — unto us; bhavān — your good self; sūtaO Sūta; kṣattāVidura; bhāgavata-uttamaḥ — one of the topmost devotees of the Lord; cacāra — practiced; tīrthāni — places of pilgrimage; bhuvaḥ — on the earth; tyaktvā — leaving aside; bandhūn — all relatives; su-dustyajān — very difficult to give up.

TRANSLATION

Śaunaka Ṛṣi, after hearing all about the creation, inquired from Sūta Gosvāmī about Vidura, for Sūta Gosvāmī had previously informed him how Vidura left home, leaving aside all his relatives, who were very difficult to leave.

PURPORT

The ṛṣis headed by Śaunaka were more anxious to know about Vidura, who met Maitreya Ṛṣi while traveling to the pilgrimage sites of the world.

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