मैत्रेय उवाच एवमात्मभुवादिष्ट: परिक्रम्य गिरां पतिम् । बाढमित्यमुमामन्त्र्य विवेश तपसे वनम् ॥ २० ॥
maitreya uvaca evam atmabhuvadistah parikramya giram patim badham ity amum amantrya vivesa tapase vanam
- maitreyah uvaca
- Sri Maitreya said
- evam
- thus
- atma-bhuva
- by Brahma
- adistah
- being so requested
- parikramya
- by circumambulating
- giram
- of the Vedas
- patim
- unto the master
- badham
- that is right
- iti
- thus
- amum
- unto Brahma
- amantrya
- thus addressing
- vivesa
- entered into
- tapase
- for the matter of penance
- vanam
- into the forest.
Sri Maitreya said: Thus Rudra, having been ordered by Brahma, circumambulated his father, the master of the Vedas. Addressing him with words of assent, he entered the forest to perform austere penances.