Vidura

163 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.

SB 3.1.11 [Vidura said:] You must now return the legitimate share to Yudhiṣṭhira, who has no enemies and who has been forbearing through untold…
SB 3.1.12 Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, has accepted the sons of Pṛthā as His kinsmen, and all the kings of the world are with Lord Śrī…
SB 3.1.13 You are maintaining offense personified, Duryodhana, as your infallible son, but he is envious of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And because you are thus…
SB 3.1.14 While speaking thus, Vidura, whose personal character was esteemed by respectable persons, was insulted by Duryodhana, who was swollen…
SB 3.1.15 Who asked him to come here, this son of a kept mistress? He is so crooked that he spies in the interest of the enemy against those on…
SB 3.1.16 Thus being pierced by arrows through his ears and afflicted to the core of his heart, Vidura placed his bow on the door and quit his…
SB 3.1.17 By his piety, Vidura achieved the advantages of the pious Kauravas. After leaving Hastināpura, he took shelter of many places of…
SB 3.1.18 He began to travel alone, thinking only of Kṛṣṇa, through various holy places like Ayodhyā, Dvārakā and Mathurā. He traveled where the…
SB 3.1.19 While so traversing the earth, he simply performed duties to please the Supreme Lord Hari. His occupation was pure and independent. He was…
SB 3.1.20 Thus, when he was in the land of Bhāratavarṣa traveling to all the places of pilgrimage, he visited Prabhāsakṣetra. At that time Mahārāja…
SB 3.1.21 At the place of pilgrimage at Prabhāsa, it came to his knowledge that all his relatives had died due to violent passion, just as an entire…
SB 3.1.22 On the bank of the river Sarasvatī there were eleven places of pilgrimage, namely (1) Trita, (2) Uśanā, (3) Manu, (4) Pṛthu, (5) Agni, (6)…
SB 3.1.23 There were also many other temples of various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, established by great sages and demigods.…
SB 3.1.24 Thereafter he passed through very wealthy provinces like Surat, Sauvīra and Matsya and through western India, known as Kurujāṅgala. At…
SB 3.1.25 Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companion of Lord Kṛṣṇa and formerly a great…
SB 3.1.26 [Please tell me] whether the original Personalities of Godhead, who incarnated Themselves at the request of Brahmā [who is born out of the…
SB 3.1.27 [Please tell me] whether the best friend of the Kurus, our brother-in-law Vasudeva, is doing well. He is very munificent. He is like a…
SB 3.1.28 O Uddhava, please tell me, How is Pradyumna, the commander in chief of the Yadus, who was Cupid in a former life? Rukmiṇī bore him as her…
SB 3.1.29 O my friend, [tell me] whether Ugrasena, the King of the Sātvatas, Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas and Dāśārhas, is now doing well. He went far away from…
SB 3.1.30 O gentle one, does Sāmba fare well? He exactly resembles the son of the Personality of Godhead. In a previous birth he was born as…
SB 3.1.31 O Uddhava, does Yuyudhāna fare well? He learned the intricacies of the military art from Arjuna and attained the transcendental…
SB 3.1.32 Please tell me whether Akrūra, the son of Śvaphalka, is doing well. He is a faultless soul surrendered unto the Personality of Godhead. He…
SB 3.1.33 As the Vedas are the reservoir of sacrificial purposes, so the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja conceived the Supreme Personality of Godhead…
SB 3.1.34 May I inquire whether Aniruddha is doing well? He is the fulfiller of all the desires of the pure devotees and has been considered from…
SB 3.1.35 O sober one, others, such as Hṛdīka, Cārudeṣṇa, Gada and the son of Satyabhāmā, who accept Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the soul of the self and thus…
SB 3.1.36 Also let me inquire whether Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is now maintaining the kingdom according to religious principles and with respect for the…
SB 3.1.37 [Please tell me] whether the unconquerable Bhīma, who is like a cobra, has released his long-cherished anger upon the sinners? The field…
SB 3.1.38 [Please tell me] whether Arjuna, whose bow bears the name Gāṇḍīva and who is always famous amongst the chariot warriors for vanquishing…
SB 3.1.39 Are the twin brothers who are protected by their brothers doing well? Just as the eye is always protected by the eyelid, they are…
SB 3.1.40 O my lord, is Pṛthā still living? She lived only for the sake of her fatherless children; otherwise it was impossible for her to live…
SB 3.1.41 O gentle one, I simply lament for him [Dhṛtarāṣṭra] who rebelled against his brother after death. By him I was driven out of my own house,…
SB 3.1.42 I am not astonished at this, having traveled over the world without being seen by others. The activities of the Personality of Godhead,…
SB 3.1.43 Despite His being the Lord and being always willing to relieve the distress of sufferers, He [Kṛṣṇa] refrained from killing the Kurus,…
SB 3.1.44 The appearance of the Lord is manifested for the annihilation of the upstarts. His activities are transcendental and are enacted for the…
SB 3.1.45 O my friend, please, therefore, chant the glories of the Lord, who is meant to be glorified in the places of pilgrimage. He is unborn, and…
SB 3.4.25 Vidura said: O Uddhava, because the servants of Viṣṇu, the Lord, wander in the interest of serving others, it is quite fit that you kindly…
SB 3.4.26 Śrī Uddhava said: You may take lessons from the great learned sage Maitreya, who is nearby and who is worshipable for reception of…
SB 3.5.2 Vidura said: O great sage, everyone in this world engages in fruitive activities to attain happiness, but one finds neither satiation nor…
SB 3.5.3 O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen…
SB 3.5.4 Therefore, O great sage, please give me instruction on the transcendental devotional service of the Lord, so that He who is situated in…
SB 3.5.5 O great sage, kindly narrate how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the independent, desireless Lord of the three worlds and the…
SB 3.5.6 He lies down on His own heart spread in the form of the sky, and thus placing the whole creation in that space, He expands Himself into…
SB 3.5.7 You may narrate also about the auspicious characteristics of the Lord in His different incarnations for the welfare of the twice-born, the…
SB 3.5.8 The Supreme King of all kings has created different planets and places of habitation where living entities are situated in terms of the…
SB 3.5.9 O chief amongst the brāhmaṇas, please also describe how Nārāyaṇa, the creator of the universe and the self-sufficient Lord, has…
SB 3.5.10 O my lord, I have repeatedly heard about these higher and lower statuses of human society from the mouth of Vyāsadeva, and I am quite…
SB 3.5.11 Who in human society can be satisfied without hearing sufficient talk of the Lord, whose lotus feet are the sum total of all places of…
SB 3.5.12 Your friend the great sage Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsa has already described the transcendental qualities of the Lord in his great work the…
SB 3.5.13 For one who is anxious to engage constantly in hearing such topics, kṛṣṇa-kathā gradually increases his indifference towards all other…
SB 3.5.14 O sage, persons who because of their sinful activities are averse to the topics of Transcendence and thus ignorant of the purpose of the…
SB 3.5.15 O Maitreya, O friend of the distressed, the glories of the Supreme Lord can alone do good for people all over the world. Therefore, just…
SB 3.5.16 Kindly chant all those superhuman transcendental activities of the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, who accepted…
SB 3.7.2 Śrī Vidura said: O great brāhmaṇa, since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the complete spiritual whole and is unchangeable, how is He…
SB 3.7.3 Boys are enthusiastic to play with other boys or with various diversions because they are encouraged by desire. But there is no…
SB 3.7.4 By His self-sheltered potency of the three modes of material nature, the Lord has caused the creation of this universe. By her He…
SB 3.7.5 The pure soul is pure consciousness and is never out of consciousness, either due to circumstances, time, situations, dreams or other…
SB 3.7.6 The Lord, as the Supersoul, is situated in every living being’s heart. Why then do the living entities’ activities result in misfortune…
SB 3.7.7 O great and learned one, my mind is greatly illusioned by the distress of this nescience, and I therefore request you to clear it up.
SB 3.7.15 Vidura said: O powerful sage, my lord, all my doubts about the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities have now been…
SB 3.7.16 O learned sage, your explanations are very good, as they should be. Disturbances to the conditioned soul have no other basis than the…
SB 3.7.17 Both the lowest of fools and he who is transcendental to all intelligence enjoy happiness, whereas persons between them suffer the…
SB 3.7.18 But, my dear sir, I am obliged to you because now I can understand that this material manifestation is without substance, although it…
SB 3.7.19 By serving the feet of the spiritual master, one is enabled to develop transcendental ecstasy in the service of the Personality of…
SB 3.7.20 Persons whose austerity is meager can hardly obtain the service of the pure devotees who are progressing on the path back to the kingdom…
SB 3.7.21 After creating the total material energy, the mahat-tattva, and thereby manifesting the gigantic universal form with senses and sense…
SB 3.7.22 The puruṣa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original puruṣa in the material creations, and in His virāṭ form, in whom…
SB 3.7.23 O great brāhmaṇa, you have told me that the gigantic virāṭ form and His senses, sense objects and ten kinds of life air exist with three…
SB 3.7.24 O my lord, I think that the process manifest in the forms of sons, grandsons and family members has spread all over the universe in…
SB 3.7.25 O learned brāhmaṇa, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely the Prajāpati, Brahmā, decided to establish the various…
SB 3.7.26 O son of Mitrā, kindly describe how the planets are situated above the earth as well as underneath it, and also please mention their…
SB 3.7.27 Also please describe the living beings under different classifications: subhumans, humans, those born of the embryo, those born of…
SB 3.7.28 Please also describe the incarnations of the material modes of nature — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara — and please describe the incarnation…
SB 3.7.29 O great sage, kindly describe the divisions and orders of human society in terms of symptoms, behavior and the characteristics of mental…
SB 3.7.30 Please also describe the expansions of different sacrifices and the paths of mystic powers, analytical study of knowledge, and devotional…
SB 3.7.31 Please also describe the imperfections and contradictions of the faithless atheists, the situation of crossbreeding, and the movements of…
SB 3.7.32 You may also describe the noncontradictory causes of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and salvation and also the…
SB 3.7.33 Please also explain the regulations for offering respects to the forefathers, the creation of the Pitṛloka, the time schedule in the…
SB 3.7.34 Please also describe the fruitive results of charity and penance and of digging reservoirs of water. Please describe the situation of…
SB 3.7.35 O sinless one, because the Personality of Godhead, the controller of all living entities, is the father of all religion and all those who…
SB 3.7.36 O best among the brāhmaṇas, those who are spiritual masters are very kind to the needy. They are always kind to their followers, disciples…
SB 3.7.37 Please describe how many dissolutions there are for the elements of material nature and who survives after the dissolutions to serve the…
SB 3.7.38 What are the truths regarding the living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead? What are their identities? What are the specific…
SB 3.7.39 Spotless devotees of the Lord have mentioned the source of such knowledge. How could one have knowledge of devotional service and…
SB 3.7.40 My dear sage, I have put all these questions before you with a view to knowing the pastimes of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.…
SB 3.7.41 O spotless one, your answers to all these questions will grant immunity from all material miseries. Such charity is greater than all Vedic…
SB 3.10.1 Śrī Vidura said: O great sage, please let me know how Brahmā, the grandfather of the planetary inhabitants, created the bodies of the…
SB 3.10.2 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.
SB 3.11.16 Vidura said: I now understand the life durations of the residents of the Pitā planets and heavenly planets as well as that of the human…
SB 3.11.17 O spiritually powerful one, you can understand the movements of eternal time, which is the controlling form of the Supreme Personality of…
SB 3.12.36 Vidura said: O great sage whose only wealth is penance, kindly explain to me how and with whose help Brahmā established the Vedic…
SB 3.13.2 Vidura said: O great sage, what did Svāyambhuva, the dear son of Brahmā, do after obtaining his very loving wife?
SB 3.13.3 O best of the virtuous, the original king of kings [Manu] was a great devotee of the Personality of Godhead Hari, and thus it is worth…
SB 3.13.4 Persons who hear from a spiritual master with great labor and for a long time must hear from the mouths of pure devotees about the…
SB 3.14.2 Śrī Vidura said: O chief amongst the great sages, I have heard by disciplic succession that Hiraṇyākṣa, the original demon, was slain by…
SB 3.14.3 What was the reason, O brāhmaṇa, for the fight between the demon king and Lord Boar while the Lord was lifting the earth as His pastime?
SB 3.14.4 My mind has become very inquisitive, and therefore I am not satisfied with hearing the narration of the Lord’s appearance. Please,…
SB 3.20.9 Vidura said: Since you know of matters inconceivable to us, tell me, O holy sage, what did Brahmā do to create living beings after…
SB 3.20.10 Vidura inquired: How did the Prajāpatis [such progenitors of living entities as Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu] create according to the…
SB 3.20.11 Did they evolve the creation in conjunction with their respective wives, did they remain independent in their action, or did they all…
SB 3.21.1 Vidura said: The line of Svāyambhuva Manu was most esteemed. O worshipful sage, I beg you: Give me an account of this race, whose progeny…
SB 3.21.2 The two great sons of Svāyambhuva Manu — Priyavrata and Uttānapāda — ruled the world, consisting of seven islands, just according to…
SB 3.21.3 O holy brāhmaṇa, O sinless one, you have spoken of his daughter, known by the name Devahūti, as the wife of the sage Kardama, the lord of…
SB 3.21.4 How many offspring did that great yogī beget through the princess, who was endowed with eightfold perfection in the yoga principles? Oh,…
SB 3.21.5 O holy sage, tell me how the worshipful Ruci and Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā, generated children after securing as their wives the other two…
SB 3.21.6 The great sage Maitreya replied: Commanded by Lord Brahmā to beget children in the worlds, the worshipful Kardama Muni practiced penance…
SB 3.21.7 During that period of penance, the sage Kardama, by worship through devotional service in trance, propitiated the Personality of Godhead,…
SB 3.21.8 Then, in the Satya-yuga, the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead, being pleased, showed Himself to that Kardama Muni and displayed…
SB 3.21.9 Kardama Muni saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is free from material contamination, in His eternal form, effulgent like the sun,…
SB 3.21.10 Adorned with a crown and earrings, He held His characteristic conch, disc and mace in three of His hands and a white lily in the fourth.…
SB 3.21.11 A golden streak on His chest, the famous Kaustubha gem suspended from His neck, He stood in the air with His lotus feet placed on the…
SB 3.21.12 When Kardama Muni actually realized the Supreme Personality of Godhead in person, he was greatly satisfied because his transcendental…
SB 3.21.13 The great sage Kardama said: O supreme worshipful Lord, my power of sight is now fulfilled, having attained the greatest perfection of the…
SB 3.21.14 Your lotus feet are the true vessel to take one across the ocean of mundane nescience. Only persons deprived of their intelligence by the…
SB 3.21.15 Therefore, desiring to marry a girl of like disposition who may prove to be a veritable cow of plenty in my married life, to satisfy my…
SB 3.21.16 O my Lord, You are the master and leader of all living entities. Under Your direction, all conditioned souls, as if bound by rope, are…
SB 3.21.17 However, persons who have given up stereotyped worldly affairs and the beastly followers of these affairs, and who have taken shelter of…
SB 3.21.18 Your wheel, which has three naves, rotates around the axis of the imperishable Brahman. It has thirteen spokes, 360 joints, six rims and…
SB 3.21.19 My dear Lord, You alone create the universes. O Personality of Godhead, desiring to create these universes, You create them, maintain them…
SB 3.21.20 My dear Lord, although it is not Your desire, You manifest this creation of gross and subtle elements just for our sensual satisfaction.…
SB 3.21.21 I continuously offer my respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet, of which it is worthy to take shelter, because You shower all…
SB 3.21.22 Maitreya resumed: Sincerely extolled in these words, Lord Viṣṇu, shining very beautifully on the shoulders of Garuḍa, replied with words…
SB 4.21.9 Vidura said: My dear brāhmaṇa Maitreya, it is very enlightening to understand that King Pṛthu was enthroned by the great sages and…
SB 4.21.10 Pṛthu Mahārāja was so great in his activities and magnanimous in his method of ruling that all the kings and demigods on the various…
SB 4.21.11 The great saintly sage Maitreya told Vidura: My dear Vidura, King Pṛthu lived in the tract of land between the two great rivers Ganges and…
SB 4.21.12 Mahārāja Pṛthu was an unrivaled king and possessed the scepter for ruling all the seven islands on the surface of the globe. No one could…
SB 4.21.13 Once upon a time King Pṛthu initiated the performance of a very great sacrifice in which great saintly sages, brāhmaṇas, demigods from…
SB 4.21.14 In that great assembly, Mahārāja Pṛthu first of all worshiped all the respectable visitors according to their respective positions. After…
SB 4.21.15 King Pṛthu’s body was tall and sturdy, and his complexion was fair. His arms were full and broad and his eyes as bright as the rising sun.…
SB 4.21.16 The chest of Mahārāja Pṛthu was very broad, his waist was very thick, and his abdomen, wrinkled by lines of skin, resembled in…
SB 4.21.17 The black, slick hair on his head was very fine and curly, and his neck, like a conchshell, was decorated with auspicious lines. He wore a…
SB 4.21.18 As Mahārāja Pṛthu was being initiated to perform the sacrifice, he had to leave aside his valuable dress, and therefore his natural bodily…
SB 4.21.19 Just to encourage the members of the assembly and to enhance their pleasure, King Pṛthu glanced over them with eyes that seemed like stars…
SB 4.21.20 Mahārāja Pṛthu’s speech was very beautiful, full of metaphorical language, clearly understandable and very pleasing to hear. His words…
SB 4.21.21 King Pṛthu said: O gentle members of the assembly, may all good fortune be upon you! May all of you great souls who have come to attend…
SB 4.21.22 King Pṛthu continued: By the grace of the Supreme Lord I have been appointed the king of this planet, and I carry the scepter to rule the…
SB 4.21.23 Mahārāja Pṛthu said: I think that upon the execution of my duties as king, I shall be able to achieve the desirable objectives described…
SB 4.21.24 Any king who does not teach his citizens about their respective duties in terms of varṇa and āśrama but who simply exacts tolls and taxes…
SB 4.21.25 Pṛthu Mahārāja continued: Therefore, my dear citizens, for the welfare of your king after his death, you should execute your duties…
SB 4.21.26 I request all the purehearted demigods, forefathers and saintly persons to support my proposal, for after death the result of an action is…
SB 4.21.27 My dear respectable ladies and gentlemen, according to the authoritative statements of śāstra, there must be a supreme authority who is…
SB 4.21.28-29 This is confirmed not only by the evidence of the Vedas but also by the personal behavior of great personalities like Manu, Uttānapāda,…
SB 4.21.30 Although abominable persons like my father, Vena, the grandson of death personified, are bewildered on the path of religion, all the great…
SB 4.21.31 By the inclination to serve the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, suffering humanity can immediately cleanse the dirt…
SB 4.21.32 When a devotee takes shelter at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is completely cleansed of all misunderstanding or…
SB 4.21.33 Pṛthu Mahārāja advised his citizens: Engaging your minds, your words, your bodies and the results of your occupational duties, and being…
SB 4.21.34 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental and not contaminated by this material world. But although He is concentrated spirit…
SB 4.21.35 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-pervading, but He is also manifested in different types of bodies which arise from a combination…
SB 4.21.36 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master and enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices, and He is the supreme spiritual master as…
SB 4.21.37 The brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas are personally glorified by their characteristic powers of tolerance, penance, knowledge and education. By…
SB 4.21.38 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ancient, eternal Godhead, who is foremost amongst all great personalities, obtained the opulence…
SB 4.21.39 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is everlastingly independent and who exists in everyone’s heart, is very pleased with those who…
SB 4.21.40 By regular service to the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, one can clear the dirt from his heart and thus enjoy supreme peace and liberation from…
SB 4.21.41 Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ananta, eats through the fire sacrifices offered in the names of the different demigods, He…
SB 4.21.42 In brahminical culture a brāhmaṇa’s transcendental position is eternally maintained because the injunctions of the Vedas are accepted with…
SB 4.21.43 O respectable personalities present here, I beg the blessings of all of you that I may perpetually carry on my crown the dust of the lotus…
SB 4.21.44 Whoever acquires the brahminical qualifications — whose only wealth is good behavior, who is grateful, and who takes shelter of…
SB 4.31.29 Śrī Vidura said: O great mystic, O greatest of all devotees, by your causeless mercy I have been shown the path of liberation from this…
SB 4.31.30 Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Vidura thus offered obeisances unto the great sage Maitreya and, taking his permission, started for the city…
SB 4.31.31 O King, those who hear these topics about kings who are completely surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead obtain without…
SB 5.1.1 King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: O great sage, why did King Priyavrata, who was a great, self-realized devotee of the Lord,…
SB 5.1.2 Devotees are certainly liberated persons. Therefore, O greatest of the brāhmaṇas, they cannot possibly be absorbed in family affairs.
SB 5.1.3 Elevated mahātmās who have taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are fully satiated by the shade of those…
SB 5.1.4 The King continued: O great brāhmaṇa, this is my great doubt. How was it possible for a person like King Priyavrata, who was so attached…