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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.17

శ్రీ శుక ఉవాచ స ఏవం భగవాన్ పృష్ట: క్షత్‍త్రా కౌషారవో ముని: । పుంసాం ని:శ్రేయసార్థేన తమాహ బహుమానయన్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
sa evaṁ bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ
[sa evam bhagavaan prishtah]
kṣattrā kauṣāravo muniḥ
[kshattraa kaushaaravo munih]
puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasārthena
[pumsaam nihshreyasaarthena]
tam āha bahu-mānayan
[tam aaha bahu-maanayan]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said saḥ — he evam — thus bhagavān — the great sage pṛṣṭaḥ — being requested kṣattrā — by Vidura kauṣāravaḥ — Maitreya muniḥ — the great sage puṁsām — for all people niḥśreyasa — for the greatest welfare arthena — for that tam — unto him āha — narrated bahu — greatly mānayan — honoring.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
sa evaṁ bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ
saḥ
he
evam
thus
bhagavān
the great sage
pṛṣṭaḥ
being requested
kṣattrā kauṣāravo muniḥ
kṣattrā
by Vidura
kauṣāravaḥ
Maitreya
muniḥ
the great sage
puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasārthena
puṁsām
for all people
niḥśreyasa
for the greatest welfare
arthena
for that
tam āha bahu-mānayan
tam
unto him
āha
narrated
bahu
greatly
mānayan
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.
Purport

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: Being asked in this way by Vidura, whose purpose was to deliver the people of Kali-yuga, Maitreya, giving him great respect, began to speak to him. He was asked by Vidura (kṣattrā), whose purpose as an associate of the Lord was to deliver the future people of Kali-yuga.
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