लोकाननुचरन्सिद्ध आससाद यदृच्छया ॥९॥
tasmin mahÄ-bhÄgavato
dvaipÄyana-suhá¹›t-sakhÄ
lokÄn anucaran siddha
ÄsasÄda yadá¹›cchayÄ
tasmin - then; mahÄ-bhÄgavataḥ - a great devotee of the Lord; dvaipÄyana - of Kṛṣṇa-dvaipÄyana VyÄsa; suhá¹›t - a well-wisher; sakhÄ - a friend; lokÄn - the three worlds; anucaran - traveling; siddhe - in that ÄÅ›rama; ÄsasÄda - arrived; yadá¹›cchayÄ - by his own perfect accord.
At that time, after traveling in many parts of the world, Maitreya, a great devotee of the Lord and a friend and well-wisher of the great sage Kṛṣṇa-dvaipÄyana VyÄsa, reached that spot out of his own perfect accord.
Maitreya was one of the disciples of Mahará¹£i ParÄÅ›ara, the father of VyÄsadeva. Thus VyÄsadeva and Maitreya were friends and mutual well-wishers. By some fortunate accident, Maitreya reached the place where Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa was resting. To meet the Lord is not an ordinary incident. Maitreya was a great sage and a learned scholar-philosopher but not a pure devotee of the Lord, and therefore his meeting with the Lord at that time may have been due to ajñÄta-suká¹›ti, or some unknown devotional service. Pure devotees always engage in pure devotional activities, and therefore their meeting with the Lord is natural. But when those who are not up to that standard meet the Lord, it is due to the unforeseen fortune of accidental devotional service.
