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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.17
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- sa evaṁ bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ
- kṣattrā kauṣāravo muniḥ
- puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasārthena
- tam āha bahu-mānayan
śrīŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said-śukaḥŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥhe — he; evamthus — thus; bhagavānthe great sage — the great sage; pṛṣṭaḥbeing requested — being requested; kṣattrāby Vidura — by Vidura; kauṣāravaḥMaitreya — Maitreya; muniḥthe great sage — the great sage; puṁsāmfor all people — for all people; niḥśreyasafor the greatest welfare — for the greatest welfare; arthenafor that — for that; tamunto him — unto him; āhanarrated — narrated; bahugreatly — greatly; mānayanhonoring — honoring.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The great sage Maitreya Muni, after honoring Vidura very greatly, began to speak, at Vidura's request, for the greatest welfare of all people.
The great sage Maitreya Muni is described here as bhagavān 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.