THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM, CANTO 3, CHAPTER 1, QUESTIONS BY VIDURA, TEXT 25, WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI ON 6 APRIL 2008 IN ISKCON UJJAIN, INDIA.
Transcription : Her Grace Ranga Radhika Dasi
Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa
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Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Srimad Bhagavatam, third Canto, chapter one ‘Questions By Vidura’, text twenty five.
sa vasudevanucaram prasantam
brihaspateh prak tanayam pratitam
alingya gadham pranayena bhadram
svanam apricchad bhagavat-prajanam
sa vasudevanucaram prasantam
brihaspateh prak tanayam pratitam
alingya gadham pranayena bhadram
svanam apricchad bhagavat-prajanam
Synonyms:
sah — he, Vidura; vasudeva — Lord Krishna; anucaram — constant companion; prasantam — very sober and gentle; brihaspateh — of Brihaspati, the learned spiritual master of the demigods; prak — formerly; tanayam — son or disciple; pratitam — acknowledged; alingya — embracing; gadham — very feelingly; pranayena — in love; bhadram — auspicious; svanam — his own; apricchat — asked; bhagavat — of the Personality of Godhead; prajanam — family.
sah — he, Vidura; vasudeva — Lord Krishna; anucaram — constant companion; prasantam — very sober and gentle; brihaspateh — of Brihaspati, the learned spiritual master of the demigods; prak — formerly; tanayam — son or disciple; pratitam — acknowledged; alingya — embracing; gadham — very feelingly; pranayena — in love; bhadram — auspicious; svanam — his own; apricchat — asked; bhagavat — of the Personality of Godhead; prajanam — family.
Translation:
Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companion of Lord Krishna and formerly a great student of Brihaspati’s. Vidura then asked him for news of the family of Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead.
Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companion of Lord Krishna and formerly a great student of Brihaspati’s. Vidura then asked him for news of the family of Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead.
Purport:
Vidura was older than Uddhava, like a father, and therefore when the two met, Uddhava bowed down before Vidura, and Vidura embraced him because Uddhava was younger, like a son. Vidura’s brother Pandu was Lord Krishna’s uncle, and Uddhava was a cousin to Lord Krishna. According to social custom, therefore, Vidura was to be respected by Uddhava on the level of his father. Uddhava was a great scholar in logic, and he was known to be a son or disciple of Brihaspati, the greatly learned priest and spiritual master of the demigods. Vidura asked Uddhava about the welfare of his relatives, although he already knew that they were no longer in the world. This inquiry appears to be very queer, but Srila Jiva Gosvami states that the news was shocking to Vidura, who therefore inquired again due to great curiosity. Thus his inquiry was psychological and not practical.
[End of Purport]
sa vasudevanucaram prasantam
brihaspateh prak tanayam pratitam
alingya gadham pranayena bhadram
svanam apricchad bhagavat-prajanam
Vidura was older than Uddhava, like a father, and therefore when the two met, Uddhava bowed down before Vidura, and Vidura embraced him because Uddhava was younger, like a son. Vidura’s brother Pandu was Lord Krishna’s uncle, and Uddhava was a cousin to Lord Krishna. According to social custom, therefore, Vidura was to be respected by Uddhava on the level of his father. Uddhava was a great scholar in logic, and he was known to be a son or disciple of Brihaspati, the greatly learned priest and spiritual master of the demigods. Vidura asked Uddhava about the welfare of his relatives, although he already knew that they were no longer in the world. This inquiry appears to be very queer, but Srila Jiva Gosvami states that the news was shocking to Vidura, who therefore inquired again due to great curiosity. Thus his inquiry was psychological and not practical.
[End of Purport]
sa vasudevanucaram prasantam
brihaspateh prak tanayam pratitam
alingya gadham pranayena bhadram
svanam apricchad bhagavat-prajanam
Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companion of Lord Krishna and formerly a great student of Brihaspati’s. Vidura then asked him for news of the family of Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead. Vidura, in his travel came near the Yamuna. So we have to understand that he met Uddhava in the region of Mathura or Vrindavana, while Vidura was travelling. It has been described that how he travelled all over, all the holy places and then he came to Western India and he travelled through Saurashtra which is known as Surat now, and Sauvira, Matsya and Kurujangala. This province, Kurujangala, is the western side of Hastinapura. And in this way while travelling he arrived on the bank of the Yamuna where he met Uddhava, a great devotee of Lord Sri Krishna.
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