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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- ye ca me bhagavan pṛṣṭās
- tvayy arthā bahuvittama
- tān vadasvānupūrvyeṇa
- chindhi naḥ sarva-saṁśayān
yeall those — all those; caalso — also; meby me — by me; bhagavanO powerful one — O powerful one; pṛṣṭāḥinquired — inquired; tvayiunto you — unto you; arthāḥpurpose — purpose; bahuO greatly learned one-vitO greatly learned one-tamaO greatly learned one — O greatly learned one; tānall of them — all of them; vadasvakindly describe — kindly describe; ānupūrvyeṇafrom beginning to end — from beginning to end; chindhikindly eradicate — kindly eradicate; naḥmy — my; sarvaall — all; saṁśayāndoubts — doubts.
O greatly learned one, kindly eradicate all my doubts, and let me know of all that I have inquired from you from the beginning to the end.
Vidura asked all relevant questions of Maitreya because he knew well that Maitreya was the right person to reply to all the points of his inquiries. One must be confident about the qualifications of his teacher; one should not approach a layman for replies to specific spiritual inquiries. Such inquiries, when replied to with imaginative answers by the teacher, are a program for wasting time.