SB 1.13.29 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 29
Evam raja Vidurenanujena Prajna chakshur bodhita ajamidhah Chhitwa swesu snehapasan dadhimna Nischakrama bhatri samdarshita adhwa.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Evam—thus, Raja—the king Dhritarastra, Vidurenujena—by his Young brother Vidura, Prajna—introspective knowledge, Chakshur—eyes, Bodhita—being understood, Ajamidha—Dhritarastra scion of the family of Ajmidha, Chhitwah—by breaking, Swesv—in the matter of kinsmen, Snehapasan—strong network of affection, Dradhimna—on account of steadfastness, Nischakrama—got out, Bhratri—brother, Samdarshita—direction to, Adhva—the path of liberation.
TRANSLATION
Thus Maharaj Dhritarastra, the scion of the family of Ajmidha, being firmly convinced by introspective knowledge, broke up at once the strong network of family affection on account of resolute determination and therefore at once he got out of home for going over the path of liberation as directed by his younger brother Vidura.
PURPORT
Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu the great preacher of the principles of Srimad Bhagwatam has stressed on the association of Sadhus or pure devotees of the Lord. He said, 'even by a moment's association of a pure devotee one can achieve all perfection'. We are not ashamed to admit this fact as experienced in our practical life. We're we not favored by His Divine Grace Srimad Bhakti Sidhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, by our first meeting for a few minutes only, it would have been impossible for us to accept this mighty task of describing, Srimad Bhagwatam in English. Without seeing Him in that opportune moment, we could have become very great business magnets but never would have been able to walk over the path of liberation and be engaged in the factual service of the Lord under instruction of His Divine Grace. And here is another practical example by the action of Vidura's association with Dhritarastra. Maharaj Dhritarastra was tightly packed up in a network of material affinities in the matter of politics, economy and family attachment and he did everything in his power to achieve so called success in his planned project but he was frustrated from the beginning to the end, so far his material activities are concerned. And yet inspite of his chequered life of failure he achieved the greatest of all success in the matter of self-realisation by the forceful instruction of a pure devotee of the Lord who is the typical emblem of Sadhu. The scriptures enjoin, therefore, that one should associate with Sadhus only rejecting all kinds of other associations and by doing so one will have ample opportunity to hear the Sadhus who can cut into pieces the network of illusory affection in the material world. It is a fact that the material world is a great illusion because everything appears to be a tangible reality but the next moment everything becomes evaported like the dashing foam of the sea or the cloud in the sky. The cloud in the sky undoutedly appears to be reality because it rains and due to rains so many temporary green things appear but at the ultimate issue everything disappears namely the cloud, rain and green vegetation all in due course. But the sky remains and the varieties of sky or luminaries also remain for ever: Similarly the Absolute Truth which is compared with the sky remains eternally and the temporary cloud like illusion comes and goes away. Foolish livings being are more attracted by the temporary cloud but the intelligent class of men are more concerned with the eternal sky with all its variegatedness.