मैत्रेय उवाच विरिञ्चोऽपि तथा चक्रे दिव्यं वर्षशतं तप: । आत्मन्यात्मानमावेश्य यथाह भगवानज: ॥ ४ ॥
maitreya uvaca virinco ’pi tatha cakre divyam varsa-satam tapah atmany atmanam avesya yathaha bhagavan ajah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- virincah
- Brahma
- api
- also
- tatha
- in that manner
- cakre
- performed
- divyam
- celestial
- varsa-satam
- one hundred years
- tapah
- penances
- atmani
- unto the Lord
- atmanam
- his own self
- avesya
- engaging
- yatha aha
- as it was spoken
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- ajah
- the unborn.
The greatly learned sage Maitreya said: O Vidura, Brahma thus engaged himself in penances for one hundred celestial years, as advised by the Personality of Godhead, and applied himself in devotional service to the Lord.