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ŚB 4.13.2

Devanagari

विदुर उवाच
के ते प्रचेतसो नाम कस्यापत्यानि
सुव्रत ।
कस्यान्ववाये प्रख्याता: कुत्र वा सत्रमासत ॥ २ ॥

Text

vidura uvāca
ke te pracetaso nāma
kasyāpatyāni suvrata
kasyānvavāye prakhyātāḥ
kutra vā satram āsata

Synonyms

viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura inquired; ke — who were; te — they; pracetasaḥ — the Pracetās; nāma — of the name; kasya — whose; apatyāni — sons; su-vrata — O Maitreya, who have taken an auspicious vow; kasya — whose; anvavāye — in the family; prakhyātāḥ — famous; kutra — where; — also; satram — the sacrifice; āsata — was performed.

Translation

Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O greatly advanced devotee, who were the Pracetās? To which family did they belong? Whose sons were they, and where did they perform the great sacrifices?

Purport

The great Nārada’s singing, in the previous chapter, of three verses in the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās gave another impetus to Vidura to ask further questions.