मैत्रेय उवाच इत्युपस्थीयमानोऽसौ मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: । सलिले स्वखुराक्रान्त उपाधत्तावितावनिम् ॥ ४६ ॥
maitreya uvaca ity upasthiyamano ’sau munibhir brahma-vadibhih salile sva-khurakranta upadhattavitavanim
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- upasthiyamanah
- being praised by
- asau
- Lord Boar
- munibhih
- by the great sages
- brahma-vadibhih
- by the transcendentalists
- salile
- on the water
- sva-khura-akrante
- touched by His own hooves
- upadhatta
- placed
- avita
- the maintainer
- avanim
- the earth.
The sage Maitreya said: The Lord, being thus worshiped by all the great sages and transcendentalists, touched the earth with His hooves and placed it on the water.