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Vidura Approaches Maitreya
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knowledge is very essential. Without this knowledge, the human life is baffled. The servants of the Lord, Viṣṇu, are entrusted with this responsible work, and so they wander over the earth and to all other planets in the universe. Thus the knowledge which was received by Uddhava directly from the Lord deserves to be distributed in human society, especially to persons like Vidura who are highly advanced in the devotional service of the Lord.
Real transcendental knowledge descends in the discipline succession from the Lord to Uddhava, from Uddhava to Vidura and so on. Such supreme transcendental knowledge is not possible to achieve by the process of imperfect speculation as performed by the so-called learned mundane wranglers. Vidura was anxious to know from Uddhava that confidential knowledge known as  paramām sthitim , in which the Lord is known by His transcendental pastimes. Although Vidura was older than Uddhava, he was anxious to become a servant of Uddhava in the transcendental relationship. This formula of transcendental discipline succession is taught by Lord Caitanya also. Lord Caitanya advises that one receive transcendental knowledge from anyone—whether a  brāhmaṇa  or a  śūdra , a householder or a  sannyāsī —provided that person is factually conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa. A person who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa is factually a bona fide spiritual master.
TEXT 26
उद्धव उवाच
ननु ते तत्त्वमंराध्य ऋषिः कोषारवोऽन्तिके ।
साक्षाद्भगवताऽऽदिष्टो मर्त्यलोकं जिहासता ॥२६॥
uddhava uvāca
nanu te tattva-samrādhya
ṛṣiḥ kauṣāravo 'ntike
sākṣād bhagavatā "diṣṭo
martya-lokam jihāsatā
śrī uddhavaḥ uvāca —Śrī Uddhava said;  nanu —however;  te —yourself;  tattva-samrādhyaḥ —one who is worshipable for reception of transcendental knowledge;  ṛṣiḥ —learned scholar;  kauṣāravaḥ —unto the son of Kuṣāru (Maitreya);  antike —staying nearby;  sākṣāt —directly;  bhagavatā —by the Personality of Godhead;  ādiṣṭaḥ —instructed;  martya-lokam —mortal world;  jihāsatā —while quitting.