Śrī Uddhava said: You may take lessons from the great learned sage Maitreya, who is nearby and who is worshipable for reception of transcendental knowledge. He was directly instructed by the Personality of Godhead while He was about to quit this mortal world.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
उद्धव उवाच । ननु ते तत्त्वसंराध्य ऋषिः कौषारवोऽन्ति मे । साक्षाद्भगवताऽऽदिष्टो मर्त्यलोकं जिहासता
uddhava uvāca | nanu te tattvasaṃrādhya ṛṣiḥ kauṣāravo'nti me | sākṣādbhagavatā''diṣṭo martyalokaṃ jihāsatā
SB 3.4.26