jñānaṁ paraṁ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṁ
vidura uvāca
jñānaṁ paraṁ svātma-rahaḥ-prakāśaṁ
yad āha yogeśvara īśvaras te
vaktuṁ bhavān no ’rhati yad dhi viṣṇor
bhṛtyāḥ sva-bhṛtyārtha-kṛtaś caranti
You should tell to us that supreme knowledge revealing the secrets about himself, which the master of yoga, the Supreme Lord, spoke to you, because the Vaiṣṇavas wander the earth giving teachings about bhakti.
Naḥ (we) here indicates the two of us, Vidura and Maitreya. The plural can be used to express the singular or the dual. The Vaiṣṇavas (viṣṇor bhṛtyāḥ), wander about the earth, acting to make people devotees, giving teachings on bhakti. By mercy they become gurus for the ignorant. Therefore teach me, identifying myself as a servant of the Lord, that knowledge of the Lord.
|| 3.4.26 ||
uddhava uvāca
nanu te tattva-saṁrādhya
ṛṣiḥ kauṣāravo ’ntike
sākṣād bhagavatādiṣṭo
martya-lokaṁ jihāsatā
Uddhava said: Definitely you should worship Maitreya for this knowledge because he was directly taught in front of me by the Lord who desired to leave this world
Thinking within himself, “How can I make Vidura, my elder worthy of respect, my disciple?” Uddhava speaks. “Fortunate one! What I have heard from the mouth of the Lord, as I have explained, is that all of the Lord’s dear Yadus are situated in their respective abodes without giving up their bodies. But if you are asking about the nature of the Lord’s birth and pastimes, then Maitreya should be your guru.”
Certainly (nanu) Maitreya should be worshipped (saṁrādhyaḥ) as guru concerning the nature of the Lord (tattva), acting to make people into devotees (sva-bhṛtyārtha-kṛtaḥ), not I, because he was directly taught by the Lord for teaching this, in front of me (antike).
|| 3.4.27 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
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