Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.8
శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ
స ఇత్థం చోదిత: క్షత్త్రా తత్త్వజిజ్ఞాసునా ముని: ।
ప్రత్యాహ భగవచ్చిత్త: స్మయన్నివ గతస్మయ: ॥ ౮ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
sa itthaṁ coditaḥ kṣattrā
[sa ittham choditah kshattraa]
tattva-jijṣāsunā muniḥ
[tattva-jijshaasunaa munih]
pratyāha bhagavac-cittaḥ
[pratyaaha bhagavach-chittah]
smayann iva gata-smayaḥ
[smayann iva gata-smayah]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
saḥ
—
he (Maitreya Muni)
ittham
—
in this way
coditaḥ
—
being agitated
kṣattrā
—
by Vidura
tattva-jijṣāsunā
—
by one who was anxious to inquire to know the truth
muniḥ
—
the great sage
pratyāha
—
replied
bhagavat-cittaḥ
—
God conscious
smayan
—
wondering
iva
—
as if
gata-smayaḥ
—
without hesitation.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
sa itthaṁ coditaḥ kṣattrā
saḥ
he (Maitreya Muni)
ittham
in this way
coditaḥ
being agitated
kṣattrā
by Vidura
tattva-jijṣāsunā muniḥ
tattva-jijṣāsunā
by one who was anxious to inquire to know the truth
muniḥ
the great sage
pratyāha bhagavac-cittaḥ
pratyāha
replied
bhagavat-cittaḥ
God conscious
smayann iva gata-smayaḥ
smayan
wondering
iva
as if
gata-smayaḥ
without hesitation.
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Maitreya, being thus agitated by the inquisitive Vidura, at first seemed astonished, but then he replied to him without hesitation, since he was fully God conscious.
Purport
Since the great sage Maitreya was filled with God consciousness, he had no reason to be astonished at such contradictory questions by Vidura. Therefore, although as a devotee he externally expressed surprise, as if he did not know how to reply to those questions, he immediately became perfectly settled and properly replied to Vidura. Yasmin vijṣāte sarvam evaṁ vijṣātaṁ bhavati ( Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3). Anyone who is a devotee of the Lord knows about the Lord to some extent, and devotional service to the Lord makes him able to know everything by the grace of the Lord. Although a devotee may apparently express himself to be ignorant, he is full of knowledge in every intricate matter.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: When Vidura, inquisitive about the absolute truth, asked Maitreya these questions, Maitreya, becoming absorbed in the Lord, answered as if astonished, though he was actually without astonishment.
Thinking of how to resolve these questions, Maitreya remembered the Lord (bhagavac-cittaḥ). Then he got the answer. Externally acting surprised, he seemed to say,“Oh these are difficult doubts to resolve!” However, he had actually resolved the doubts.
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