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Shloka 1

Vidura’s Return; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Departure; Nārada’s Instruction on Kāla and Detachment

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच विदुरस्तीर्थयात्रायां मैत्रेयादात्मनो गतिम् । ज्ञात्वागाद्धास्तिनपुरं तयावाप्तविवित्सित: ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

sūta uvāca viduras tīrtha-yātrāyāṁ maitreyād ātmano gatim jñātvāgād dhāstinapuraṁ tayāvāpta-vivitsitaḥ

Translation

Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī berkata: Ketika mengembara menziarahi tīrtha, Vidura menerima pengetahuan tentang tujuan tertinggi diri daripada resi agung Maitreya; setelah memperoleh kefahaman seperti yang diingini, beliau kembali ke Hastināpura.

Synonyms
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; speaker designation
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
क्रिया (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + लिट्
Formलिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘said’
विदुरःVidura
विदुरः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; subject of subsequent action
तीर्थयात्रायाम्on a pilgrimage
तीर्थयात्रायाम्:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location-occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समास: तीर्थस्य यात्रा = तीर्थयात्रा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘pilgrimage’; locative ‘in/while on pilgrimage’
मैत्रेयात्from Maitreya
मैत्रेयात्:
अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootमैत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ablative ‘from Maitreya’
आत्मनःof himself
आत्मनः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive ‘of himself’
गतिम्destination/goal
गतिम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of knowing
ज्ञात्वाhaving learned
ज्ञात्वा:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) ‘having known/understood’
अगात्went
अगात्:
क्रिया (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + लुङ्
Formलुङ् (अorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘went’
हास्तिनपुरम्to Hāstinapura
हास्तिनपुरम्:
कर्म/गत्यर्थकर्म (Destination)
TypeNoun
Rootहास्तिनपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; place-name; (traditional analysis: हस्तिनां पुरम् → हास्तिनपुरम्, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
तयाby that (means)
तया:
करण (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by that (knowledge/means)’
अवाप्तविवित्सितःwhose sought knowledge was obtained
अवाप्तविवित्सितः:
विशेषण (Qualifier of Vidura)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवाप्त + विवित्सित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समास: अवाप्तं विवित्सितं यस्य/अवाप्त-विवित्सितः (कर्मधारय: ‘one whose desired knowledge has been obtained’); components: अवाप्त (आप् धातु + क्त) + विवित्सित (विद् धातु, desiderative sense, क्त)
Purport

Vidura: One of the prominent figures in the history of the Mahābhārata. He was conceived by Vyāsadeva in the womb of the maidservant of Ambikā, mother of Mahārāja Pāṇḍu. He is the incarnation of Yamarāja. Being cursed by Maṇḍūka Muni, he was to become a śūdra. The story is narrated as follows:

Characters & Entities
V
Vidura
M
Maitreya
S
Suta Gosvami
H
Hastinapura

FAQs

This verse states that Vidura learned from Maitreya the true goal of the self—spiritual realization beyond worldly identity—and, satisfied in knowledge, returned to his duty context at Hastināpura.

Vidura was seeking deeper truth about the self and life’s ultimate purpose; during his tīrtha-yātrā he approached Maitreya and obtained the knowledge he was longing for.

Use sacred travel or intentional retreats to seek genuine guidance from realized teachers, aiming for inner transformation—not just tourism—so that clarity and purpose inform your responsibilities afterward.

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