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  "name":"SB 3.7.1",
  "h1":"SB 3.7.1",
  "label":"Text 1",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.7.1",
  "description":"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, expressed a request in a pleasing manner by asking this question."

} —

SB 3.7.1

श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं ब्रुवाणं मैत्रेयं द्वैपायनसुतो बुधः ।
प्रीणयन्निव भारत्या विदुरः प्रत्यभाषत ॥१॥

Text

śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ bruvāṇaṁ maitreyaṁ
dvaipāyana-suto budhaḥ
prīṇayann iva bhāratyā
viduraḥ pratyabhāṣata

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; bruvāṇam—speaking; maitreyam—unto the sage. Maitreya; dvaipāyana-sutaḥ—the son of Dvaipāyana; budhaḥ—learned; prīṇayan—in a pleasing manner; iva—as it was; bhāratyā—in the manner of a request; viduraḥ—Vidura; pratyabhāṣata—expressed.

Translation

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, while Maitreya, the great sage, was thus speaking, Vidura, the learned son of Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, expressed a request in a pleasing manner by asking this question.