Text 5] The Glories of Devotional Service 1005
suta uvdaca
dvaipdyana-sakhas tv evam
maitreyo bhagavams tatha
prahedam viduram prita
dnviksikyam pracoditah
siitah uvaca-Suta Gosvami said; dvaipdyana-sakhah—friend of Vyasadeva;
tu—then; evam—thus; maitreyah—Maitreya; bhagavan—worshipful; tatha—
in that way; praha—spoke; idam—this; viduram—to Vidura; pritah—being
pleased; dnviksikyam—about transcendental knowledge; pracoditah—being
asked.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sita Gosvami said: The most powerful sage Maitreya was a friend
of Vyasadeva’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 bhagavan.
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 bhagavan because he was spiritually far advanced. He was
a personal friend of Dvaipayana Vyasadeva, 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.
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