सूत उवाच द्वैपायनसखस्त्वेवं मैत्रेयो भगवांस्तथा । प्राहेदं विदुरं प्रीत आन्वीक्षिक्यां प्रचोदित: ॥ ४ ॥
suta uvaca dvaipayana-sakhas tv evam maitreyo bhagavams tatha prahedam viduram prita anviksikyam pracoditah
- sutah uvaca
- Suta Gosvami said
- dvaipayana-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
- anviksikyam
- about transcendental knowledge
- pracoditah
- being asked.
Sri Suta Gosvami said: The most powerful sage Maitreya was a friend of Vyasadeva. Being encouraged and pleased by Vidura’s inquiry about transcendental knowledge, Maitreya spoke as follows.