मैत्रेय उवाच इति ते वर्णित: क्षत्त: कालाख्य: परमात्मन: । महिमा वेदगर्भोऽथ यथास्राक्षीन्निबोध मे ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca iti te varnitah ksattah kalakhyah paramatmanah mahima veda-garbho ’tha yathasraksin nibodha me
- maitreyah uvaca
- Sri Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- te
- unto you
- varnitah
- described
- ksattah
- O Vidura
- kala-akhyah
- by the name eternal time
- paramatmanah
- of the Supersoul
- mahima
- glories
- veda-garbhah
- Lord Brahma, the reservoir of the Vedas
- atha
- hereafter
- yatha
- as it is
- asraksit
- did create
- nibodha
- just try to understand
- me
- from me.
Sri Maitreya said: O learned Vidura, so far I have explained to you the glories of the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His feature of kala. Now you can hear from me about the creation of Brahma, the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge.