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Further Inquiries by Vidura
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TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Maitreya, being thus agitated by the inquisitive Vidura, at first seemed to be astonished, but then he replied to him without hesitation, since he was fully God conscious.
PURPORT
Since the great sage Maitreya was filled with God consciousness, he had no reason to be astonished at such contradictory questions by Vidura. Therefore, although as a devotee he externally expressed surprise, as if he did not know how to reply to those questions, he immediately became perfectly settled and properly replied to Vidura.  Yasmin vijñāte sarvam eva vijñātaḥ bhavanti.  Anyone who is a devotee of the Lord knows about the Lord to some extent, and devotional service to the Lord makes him able to know everything by the grace of the Lord. Although a devotee may apparently express himself to be ignorant, he is full of knowledge in every intricate matter.
TEXT 9
मैत्रेय उवाच
सेयं भगवतो माया यन्नयेन विरुच्यते। ईश्वरस्य विमुक्तस्य कार्पण्यमुत बन्धनम् ॥ ९ ॥
maitreya uvāca seyam bhagavato māyā yan nayena virudhyate īśvarasya vimuktasya kārpaṇyam uta bandhanam
śrī maitreyaḥ uvāca—Śrī Maitreya said;  sā iyam —such a statement;  bhagavataḥ —of the Personality of Godhead;  māyā —illusion;  yat —that which;  nayena —by logic;  virudhyate —becomes contradictory;  īśvarasya —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  vimuktasya —of the ever liberated;  kārpaṇyam —insufficiency;  uta —as also, what to speak of;  bandhanam —bondage.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: Certain conditioned souls put forward the theory that the Supreme Brahman or the Personality of Godhead is overcome by illusion or  māyā , and at the same time they maintain that He is unconditioned. This is against all logic.