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The difference between the Päëòavas and Vidura is that the Päëòavas are

eternal associates of the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, whereas Vidura is

one

of the administrative demigods in charge of the Pitåloka planet and is known as

 

Yamaräja. Men are afraid of Yamaräja because it is he only who awards

punishment to the miscreants of the material world, but those who are devotees

of the

Lord have nothing to fear from him. To the devotees he is a cordial friend,

but to the nondevotees he is fear personified. As we have already discussed, it

 

is understood that Yamaräja was cursed by Maëòüka Muni to be degraded as a

çüdra, and therefore Vidura was an incarnation of Yamaräja.

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