Standing beside Uddhava when Krishna left the world, he was appointed by Krishna himself to teach Vidura at Haridwar.
Appears in
Vidura meets Uddhava by the Yamuna — Skandha 3, adhyayas 1-4 — Cast out by Duryodhana before the war, Vidura returns from pilgrimage to learn from weeping Uddhava that both clans and Krishna are gone.
Varaha leaps from Brahma's nostril and lifts the Earth — Skandha 3, adhyayas 13; 17 — When the newborn Earth sinks into the cosmic waters, a boar the size of a thumb springs from Brahma's nostril and dives to the bottom.
The duel in the cosmic ocean — Varaha and Hiranyaksha — Skandha 3, adhyayas 18-19 — Holding the Earth on his white tusks, the cosmic Boar meets Hiranyaksha's club, outlasts his dark magic, and fells him with a slap.
Embodies
Who is a teacher — A son teaches his mother, a madman teaches a king, and an ascetic learns from a pigeon, a python and a courtesan.
Devotion as the highest dharma — The Bhagavatam's own thesis (1.2.6): the highest dharma is devotion with no motive, which nothing can interrupt.
Questions to explore
How did Maitreya come to hear Krishna's final teachings alongside Uddhava?
Why did Uddhava send Vidura to Maitreya rather than teaching Vidura himself?
Which stories of the third and fourth books does Maitreya narrate to Vidura?
