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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 17 ]
Godhead. Since one can only form an impersonal idea on the strength of one's material senses, the Lord is known as Adhokṣaja.
TEXT 8
सूत उवाच
चोदितो विदुरेणैवं वासुदेवकथां प्रति । प्रशस्य तं प्रीतमना मैत्रेयः प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ८ ॥
sūta uvāca
codito vidureṇaivami
vāsudeva-kathāmi prati
praśasya tam prīta-manā
maitreyaḥ pratyabhāṣata
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  coditaḥ —inspired;  vidureṇa —by Vidura;  evam —thus;  vāsudeva —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kathāmi —narration;  prati —about;  praśasya —praising;  tam —him;  prīta-manāḥ —being very pleased;  maitreyaḥ —the saint Maitreya;  pratyabhāṣata —replied.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī continued: When Vidura became inspired to hear of the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa in His various incarnations, Maitreya, also being inspired and being very pleased with Vidura, began to praise him. Then Maitreya spoke as follows.
PURPORT
Talk of  kṛṣṇa-kathā , or topics about Lord Kṛṣṇa or His incarnations, is so spiritually inspiring that the reciter and hearer are never exhausted. That is the nature of spiritual talks. We have actually seen that one can never become satiated by hearing the conversations between Vidura and Maitreya. Both of them are devotees, and the more Vidura inquires, the more Maitreya is encouraged to speak. A symptom of spiritual talks is that no one feels tired. Thus upon hearing the questions of Vidura, the great sage Maitreya did not feel disgusted but rather felt encouraged to speak at greater length.
TEXT 9
मैत्रेय उवाच
यदाभिषिक्तः पृथुरङ्ग विप्रै-
रामन्त्रितो जनतायाश्च पालः ।