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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- ajāta-śatruḥ kṛta-maitro hutāgnir
- viprān natvā tila-go-bhūmi-rukmaiḥ
- gṛhaṁ praviṣṭo guru-vandanāya
- na cāpaśyat pitarau saubalīṁ ca
ajātanever born — never born; śatruḥenemy — enemy; kṛtahaving performed — having performed; maitraḥworshiping the demigods — worshiping the demigods; hutaand offering fuel in the fire-agniḥand offering fuel in the fire — and offering fuel in the fire; viprānthe brāhmaṇas — the brāhmaṇas; natvāoffering obeisances — offering obeisances; tilaalong with grains, cows, land and gold-goalong with grains, cows, land and gold-bhūmialong with grains, cows, land and gold-rukmaiḥalong with grains, cows, land and gold — along with grains, cows, land and gold; gṛhamwithin the palace — within the palace; praviṣṭaḥhaving entered into — having entered into; gurufor offering respect to the elderly members-vandanāyafor offering respect to the elderly members — for offering respect to the elderly members; nadid not — did not; caalso — also; apaśyatsee — see; pitarauhis uncles — his uncles; saubalīmGāndhārī — Gāndhārī; caalso — also.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, whose enemy was never born, performed his daily morning duties by praying, offering fire sacrifice to the sun-god, and offering obeisances, grains, cows, land and gold to the brāhmaṇas. He then entered the palace to pay respects to the elderly. However, he could not find his uncles or aunt, the daughter of King Subala.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the most pious king because he personally practiced daily the pious duties for the householders. The householders are required to rise early in the morning, and after bathing they should offer respects to the Deities at home by prayers, by offering fuel in the sacred fire, by giving the brāhmaṇas in charity land, cows, grains, gold, etc., and at last offering to the elderly members due respects and obeisances. One who is not prepared to practice injunctions prescribed in the śāstras cannot be a good man simply by book knowledge. Modern householders are practiced to different modes of life, namely to rise late and then take bed tea without any sort of cleanliness and without any purificatory practices as mentioned above. The household children are taken to practice what the parents practice, and therefore the whole generation glides towards hell. Nothing good can be expected from them unless they associate with sādhus. Like Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the materialistic person may take lessons from a sādhu like Vidura and thus be cleansed of the effects of modern life.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, however, could not find in the palace his two uncles, namely Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Vidura, along with Gāndhārī, the daughter of King Subala. He was anxious to see them and therefore asked Sañjaya, the private secretary of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.