The greatness of vidura's bhakti is illustrated by a simple incident in the Udyoga Parva.
When bhagavAn arrived as pANDava-dUta, he was seated in a chair prepared for him by Vidura+
When bhagavAn arrived as pANDava-dUta, he was seated in a chair prepared for him by Vidura+
विदुरो मणिपीठे तु शुक्लस्पर्ध्याजिनोत्तरे ॥ संस्पृशन्नासनं शौरेर्महामतिरुपाविशत्
[Vidura, the wise one (महामति), seated in a gem studded seat covered with white deerskin, kept touching the seat of Shauri near him, (checking it for traps)]+
[Vidura, the wise one (महामति), seated in a gem studded seat covered with white deerskin, kept touching the seat of Shauri near him, (checking it for traps)]+
Vidura had observed how Duryodhana had designs to trap bhagavAn by constructing a false seat. Due to his immense bhakti, he was scared for bhagavAn's welfare, forgetting bhagavAn's invincibility+
His bhakti was such, that he literally suspected himself and kept touching and checking bhagavAn's seat, which he had prepared himself, for traps! This was the depth of the love he had for bhagavAn+
He was afraid thinking “I am also born in the same family as Duryodhana. So there is no guarantee I'm not an evil person too. This samsAra is a dangerous place which can sway anyone. Maybe I too rigged a trap in that seat due to my tAmasIka buddhi?"+
For this reason, vyAsa hails him as "mahAmati" - very wise. Though he was so confused that he even doubted himself, as this confusion was a form of j~nAna, born of his immense bhakti, he is "mahAmati"+
Though bhagavAn is "shauri", the son of the valiant vasudeva (and hence valiant, capable of protecting himself), Vidura was still scared for his safety. That further highlights his bhakti +
Acharyas say this incident happened in Vidura's residence. Current versions of MB have this shloka in the context of bhagavAn being seated in the Kaurava court. I go by what Acharyas have said//
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