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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
hierarchy: Canto 3: The Status Quo
hierarchy: CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY
Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura Text 1: Śrī Śaunaka inquired: O Sūta Gosvāmī, after the earth was again situated in …
ŚB 3.20.1
śaunakaḥ — Śaunaka; uvāca — said; mahīm — the earth; pratiṣṭhām — situated; adhyasya — having secured; saute — O …
ŚB 3.20.2
kṣattā — Vidura; mahā-bhāgavataḥ — a great devotee of the Lord; kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; ekāntikaḥ — unalloyed devotee; …
ŚB 3.20.3
dvaipāyanāt — from Vyāsadeva; anavaraḥ — in no way inferior; mahitve — in greatness; tasya — his (Vyāsa’s); deha-jaḥ — …
ŚB 3.20.4
kim — what; anvapṛcchat — inquired; maitreyam — from the sage Maitreya; virajāḥ — Vidura, who was without material contamination; …
ŚB 3.20.5
tayoḥ — while the two (Maitreya and Vidura); saṁvadatoḥ — were conversing; sūta — O Sūta; pravṛttāḥ — arose; hi …
ŚB 3.20.6
tāḥ — those talks; naḥ — to us; kīrtaya — narrate; bhadram te — may all good come unto you; …
ŚB 3.20.7
evam — thus; ugraśravāḥ — Sūta Gosvāmī; pṛṣṭaḥ — being asked; ṛṣibhiḥ — by the sages; naimiṣa-ayanaiḥ — who were …
ŚB 3.20.8
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta said; hareḥ — of the Lord; dhṛta — who had assumed; kroḍa — of a boar; …
ŚB 3.20.9
viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura said; prajāpati-patiḥ — Lord Brahmā; sṛṣṭvā — after creating; prajā-sarge — for the purpose of creating …
ŚB 3.20.10
ye — those; marīci-ādayaḥ — great sages headed by Marīci; viprāḥ — brāhmaṇas; yaḥ — who; tu — indeed; svāyambhuvaḥ …
ŚB 3.20.11
sa-dvitīyāḥ — with their wives; kim — whether; asṛjan — created; sva-tantrāḥ — remaining independent; uta — or; karmasu — …