yat tvayā harir īśvaraḥ
bādarāyaṇa-vīryaje
gṛhīto ’nanya-bhāvena
yat tvayā harir īśvaraḥ
This is not at all astonishing since you have been born from the seed of Vyāsa and, endowed with pure bhakti, have directly met the Supreme Lord,
This is not astonishing since you were born from Vyāsa and met the Lord.
|| 3.5.20 ||
māṇḍavya-śāpād bhagavān
prajā-saṁyamano yamaḥ
bhrātuḥ kṣetre bhujiṣyāyāṁ
jātaḥ satyavatī-sutāt
You were Yamarāja, punisher of all beings, but by the curse of Māṇḍavya you were born through Vyāsadeva in the womb of the servant woman of Vicitravīrya.
Maitreya shows that Vidura was not an ordinary person by reciting his history. He was born in the womb (kṣetre) of the servant woman (bhujiṣyāyām) of Vicitravīrya (brhātuḥ).
|| 3.5.21 ||
bhavān bhagavato nityaṁ
sammataḥ sānugasya ha
yasya jñānopadeśāya
mādiśad bhagavān vrajan
You are recognized by the Lord eternally. When the Lord departed to Vaikuṇṭha, he instructed me to teach knowledge to you, his devotee.
You are not only a devotee having a post as Yamarāja, but you are also an eternal associate of the Lord in another form. The Lord, going to Vaikuṇṭha (vrajan), ordered me (mā).
|| 3.5.22 ||
atha te bhagaval-līlā
yoga-māyorubṛṁhitāḥ
viśva-sthity-udbhavāntārthā
varṇayāmy anupūrvaśaḥ
I will describe to you the pastimes of the Lord in creating, maintaining and destroying the universe, nourished by his energy of māyā, in sequence.
First I will begin to describe the pastimes of the puruṣāvatāras in answer to your question in verse 5. I will describe the subjects of creation, maintenance and destruction, which are made powerful by the Lord’s material māyā, a special aspect of the Lord’s svarūpa-śakti (yogamāyā). It is explained in the Nārada-pañcarātra that māyā arises as a portion of the yogamāyā.
|| 3.5.23 ||
bhagavān eka āsedam
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