Text 26] Vidura Approaches Maitreya 143

knowledge is very essential. Without this knowledge, the human life is
baffled. The servants of the Lord, Visnu, are entrusted with this respon-
sible 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 disciplic 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 im-
perfect speculation as performed by the so-called learned mundane
wranglers. Vidura was anxious to know from Uddhava that confidential
knowledge known as paramam 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 disciplic succession is taught by Lord
Caitanya also. Lord Caitanya advises that one receive transcendental knowl-
edge from anyone—whether a brahmana or a sudra, a householder or a
sannyasi— provided that person is factually conversant with the science of
Krsna. A person who knows the science of Krsna is factually a bona fide
spiritual master.

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ATATAMAATSSHAE Aa FAMTAT 112K

uddhava uvaca
nanu te tattva-samradhya
Tsith kausaravo ’ntike
saksad bhagavata “disto

martya-lokam jihasata

grt uddhavah uvaca—Sri_ Uddhava said; nanu—however; te—yourself;
tattva-samradhyah—one who is worshipable for reception of transcendental
knowledge; rsih—learned scholar; kausdravah—unto the son of Kusaru
(Maitreya); antike—staying nearby; saksat—directly; bhagavata~by the
Personality of Godhead; adistah—instructed;martya-lokam—mortal world;
jthasata—while quitting.
