Text 9] Further Inquiries by Vidura 269

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami 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 vijfiate
sarvam eva vijnatah 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

aya cara
at wad am qa flea |
bre Rare wags waz ll 4 II

maitreya uvaca
seyam bhagavato maya
yan nayena virudhyate
igvarasya vimuktasya
karpanyam uta bandhanam

Sri. maitreyah uvaca—Sri Maitreya said; sa tyam—such a statement;
bhagavatah—of the Personality of Godhead; maya—illusion; yat—that
which; nayena—by logic; virudhyate—becomes contradictory ; isvarasya—of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vimuktasya—of the ever liberated;
karpanyam—insufficiency; uta—as also, what to speak of; bandhanam—

bondage.
TRANSLATION

Sri Maitreya said: Certain conditioned souls put forward the theory
that the Supreme Brahman or the Personality of Godhead is overcome by
illusion or maya, and at the same time they maintain that He is uncon-
ditioned. This is against all logic.
