Shloka 2
Vidura’s Return; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Departure; Nārada’s Instruction on Kāla and Detachment
यावत: कृतवान् प्रश्नान् क्षत्ता कौषारवाग्रत: । जातैकभक्तिर्गोविन्दे तेभ्यश्चोपरराम ह ॥ २ ॥
yāvataḥ kṛtavān praśnān kṣattā kauṣāravāgrataḥ jātaika-bhaktir govinde tebhyaś copararāma ha
After putting many questions before Kausārava (Maitreya) and becoming firmly established in single-minded bhakti to Govinda, Vidura ceased further inquiry.
Vidura retired from putting questions before Maitreya Muni when he was convinced by Maitreya Ṛṣi that the summum bonum of life is to be finally situated in the transcendental loving service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is Govinda, or one who satisfies His devotees in all respects. The conditioned soul, the living being in material existence, seeks happiness by employing his senses in the modes of materialism, but that cannot give him satisfaction. He then searches after the Supreme Truth by the empiric philosophic speculative method and intellectual feats. But if he does not find the ultimate goal, he again goes down to material activities and engages himself in various philanthropic and altruistic works, which all fail to give him satisfaction. So neither fruitive activities nor dry philosophical speculation can give one satisfaction because by nature a living being is the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and all the Vedic literatures give him direction towards that ultimate end. The Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) confirms this statement.
FAQs
This verse shows that sincere inquiry before a realized teacher (Maitreya) caused Vidura’s exclusive devotion to Govinda to arise—hearing and questioning in satsanga nurtures bhakti.
Vidura sought transcendental understanding after leaving home; by approaching Maitreya and asking about the Lord and dharma, his heart became fixed in devotion to Govinda.
Regularly study sacred texts with genuine questions, learn from authentic teachers, and gradually simplify one’s spiritual focus so devotion to Krishna becomes steady and undistracted.