Text 18] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 181

PURPORT

The great sage Maitreya Muni is described here as bhagavan because he
surpassed all ordinary human beings in learning and experience. Thus his
selection of the greatest welfare service for the world is considered
authoritative. The all-inclusive welfare service for the entire human society
is devotional service to the Lord, and, as requested by Vidura, the sage
described the same very appropriately.

TEXT 18
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mailreya wvaca
sadhu prstam lvaya sadho
lokan sadhv anugrhnala

kirlim vilanvata loke
almano “dhoksajatmanah

maitreyah uvdca—Sri Maitreya said; sddhu—all good; prstam—| am
asked; tvaya—by you; sddho—O good one; lokdn—all the people; sddhu
anugrhnata—showing mercy in goodness; kirtim—glories; vitanvata—broad-
casting; loke—in the world; atmanah—of the self; adhoksaja—the Tran-
scendence; dtmanah—mind.

TRANSLATION

Sri Maitreya said: © Vidura, all glory unto you. You have inquired
from me of the greatest of all goodness, and thus you have shown your
mercy both to the world and to me because your mind is always absorbed
in thoughts of the Transcendence.

PURPORT

Maitreya Muni, who was experienced in the science of Transcendence,
could understand that Vidura’s mind was fully absorbed in Transcendence.
Adhokgsaja means that which transcends the limits of sense perception or
sensuous experience. The Lord is transcendental to our sense experience,
but He reveals Himself to the sincere devotee. Because Vidura was always
absorbed in thought of the Lord, Maitreya could estimate Vidura’s tran-
