Chapter 31
श्रीशुक उवाच इत्यानम्य तमामन्त्र्य विदुरो गजसाह्वयम् । स्वानां दिदृक्षु: प्रययौ ज्ञातीनां निर्वृताशय: ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca ity ānamya tam āmantrya viduro gajasāhvayam svānāṁ didṛkṣuḥ prayayau jñātīnāṁ nirvṛtāśayaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; ānamya — offering obeisances; tam — unto Maitreya; āmantrya — taking permission; viduraḥ — Vidura; gaja-sāhvayam — the city of Hastināpura; svānām — own; didṛkṣuḥ — desiring to see; prayayau — left that place; jñātīnām — of his kinsmen; nirvṛta-āśayaḥ — free from material desires.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Vidura thus offered obeisances unto the great sage Maitreya and, taking his permission, started for the city of Hastināpura to see his own kinsmen, although he had no material desires.”