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The Glories of Devotional Service
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sūta uvāca  
 dvaipāyana-sakhas tv evam  
 maitreyo bhagavāms tathā  
 prāhedam viduram prīta  
 ānvīkṣikyām pracoditaḥ
sūtaḥ uvāca –Sūta Gosvāmī said;  dvaipāyana-sakhaḥ –friend of Vyāsadeva;  tu –then;  evam –thus;  maitreyaḥ –Maitreya;  bhagavān –worshipful;  tathā –in that way;  prāha –spoke;  idam –this;  viduram –to Vidura;  prītaḥ –being pleased;  ānvīkṣikyām –about transcendental knowledge;  pracoditaḥ –being asked.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: The most powerful sage Maitreya was a friend of Vyāsadeva's. Thus being encouraged, Maitreya, pleased by Vidura's inquiry about transcendental knowledge, spoke as follows.
PURPORT
Questions and answers are very satisfactorily dealt with when the inquirer is bona fide and the speaker is also authorized. Here Maitreya is considered a powerful sage, and therefore he is also described as  bhagavān . This word can be used not only for the Supreme Personality of Godhead but for anyone who is almost as powerful as the Supreme Lord. Maitreya is addressed as  bhagavān  because he was spiritually far advanced. He was a personal friend of Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva, who is a literary incarnation of the Lord. Maitreya was very pleased with the inquiries of Vidura because they were the inquiries of a bona fide advanced devotee. Thus Maitreya was encouraged to answer. When there are discourses on transcendental topics between devotees of equal mentality, the questions and answers are very fruitful and encouraging.
TEXT 5
मैत्रेय उवाच
पितरि प्रस्थितेऽरण्यं मातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ।
तस्मिन् बिन्दुसरेऽवात्सीद्धगवान् कपिलः किला॥५॥
maitreya uvāca  
 pitari prasthite 'raṇyam  
 mātuḥ priya-cikīrṣayā