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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.1
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- dvāri dyu-nadyā ṛṣabhaḥ kurūṇāṁ
- maitreyam āsīnam agādha-bodham
- kṣattopasṛtyācyuta-bhāva-siddhaḥ
- papraccha sauśīlya-guṇābhitṛptaḥ
śrīŚukadeva Gosvāmī said-śukaḥŚukadeva Gosvāmī said uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; dvāriat the source of — at the source of; dyuthe celestial River Ganges-nadyāḥthe celestial River Ganges — the celestial River Ganges; ṛṣabhaḥthe best of the Kurus — the best of the Kurus; kurūṇāmof the Kurus — of the Kurus; maitreyamunto Maitreya — unto Maitreya; āsīnamsitting — sitting; agādhaof unfathomed knowledge-bodhamof unfathomed knowledge — of unfathomed knowledge; kṣattāVidura — Vidura; upasṛtyahaving approached nearer — having approached nearer; acyutathe infallible Lord — the infallible Lord; bhāvacharacter — character; siddhaḥperfect — perfect; papracchainquired — inquired; sauśīlyagentleness — gentleness; guṇasatisfied in transcendental qualities-abhitṛptaḥsatisfied in transcendental qualities — satisfied in transcendental qualities.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Vidura, the best amongst the Kuru dynasty, who was perfect in devotional service to the Lord, thus reached the source of the celestial Ganges River [Hardwar], where Maitreya, the great, fathomless learned sage of the world, was seated. Vidura, who was perfect in gentleness and satisfied in transcendence, inquired from him.
Vidura was already perfect due to his unalloyed devotion to the infallible Lord. The Lord and the living entities are all qualitatively the same by nature, but the Lord is quantitatively much greater than any individual living entity. He is ever infallible, whereas the living entities are prone to fall under the illusory energy. Vidura had already surpassed the fallible nature of the living entity in conditional life due to his being acyuta-bhāva, or legitimately absorbed in the devotional service of the Lord. This stage of life is called acyuta-bhāva-siddha, or perfection by dint of devotional service. Anyone, therefore, who is absorbed in the devotional service of the Lord is a liberated soul and has all admirable qualities. The learned sage Maitreya was sitting in a solitary place on the bank of the Ganges at Hardwar, and Vidura, who was a perfect devotee of the Lord and possessed all good transcendental qualities, approached him for inquiry.