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sūta uvāca niśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitaṁ dhruvasya vaikuṇṭha-padādhirohaṇam prarūḍha-bhāvo bhagavaty adhokṣaje praṣṭuṁ punas taṁ viduraḥ pracakrame

Sūta Gosvāmī, continuing to speak to all the ṛṣis, headed by Śaunaka, said: After hearing Maitreya Ṛṣi describe Dhruva Mahārāja’s …

As evidenced in the topics between Vidura and Maitreya, the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the devotees …

vidura uvāca ke te pracetaso nāma kasyāpatyāni suvrata kasyānvavāye prakhyātāḥ kutra vā satram āsata

Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O greatly advanced devotee, who were the Pracetās? To which family did they belong? Whose sons …

The great Nārada’s singing, in the previous chapter, of three verses in the sacrificial arena of the Pracetās gave another …

manye mahā-bhāgavataṁ nāradaṁ deva-darśanam yena proktaḥ kriyā-yogaḥ paricaryā-vidhir hareḥ

Vidura continued: I know that the great sage Nārada is the greatest of all devotees. He has compiled the pāñcarātrika …

There are two different ways of approaching the Supreme Lord. One is called bhāgavata-mārga, or the way of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and …

sva-dharma-śīlaiḥ puruṣair bhagavān yajña-pūruṣaḥ ijyamāno bhaktimatā nāradeneritaḥ kila

While all the Pracetās were executing religious rituals and sacrificial ceremonies and thus worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead for …

Nārada Muni is always glorifying the pastimes of the Lord. In this verse we see that not only does he …

yās tā devarṣiṇā tatra varṇitā bhagavat-kathāḥ mahyaṁ śuśrūṣave brahman kārtsnyenācaṣṭum arhasi

My dear brāhmaṇa, how did Nārada Muni glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and what pastimes were described in that …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the record of bhagavat-kathā, topics about the pastimes of the Lord. What Vidura was anxious to hear from …

maitreya uvāca dhruvasya cotkalaḥ putraḥ pitari prasthite vanam sārvabhauma-śriyaṁ naicchad adhirājāsanaṁ pituḥ

The great sage Maitreya replied: My dear Vidura, when Mahārāja Dhruva departed for the forest, his son, Utkala, did not …

sa janmanopaśāntātmā niḥsaṅgaḥ sama-darśanaḥ dadarśa loke vitatam ātmānaṁ lokam ātmani

From his very birth, Utkala was fully satisfied and unattached to the world. He was equipoised, for he could see …

The symptoms and characteristics of Utkala, the son of Mahārāja Dhruva, are those of a mahā-bhāgavata. As stated in the …