मैत्रेय उवाच साधु वीर त्वया पृष्टमवतारकथां हरे: । यत्त्वं पृच्छसि मर्त्यानां मृत्युपाशविशातनीम् ॥ ५ ॥
maitreya uvaca sadhu vira tvaya prstam avatara-katham hareh yat tvam prcchasi martyanam mrtyu-pasa-visatanim
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- sadhu
- devotee
- vira
- O warrior
- tvaya
- by you
- prstam
- inquired
- avatara-katham
- topics on the incarnation of the Lord
- hareh
- of the Personality of Godhead
- yat
- that which
- tvam
- your good self
- prcchasi
- asking me
- martyanam
- of those who are destined for death
- mrtyu-pasa
- the chain of birth and death
- visatanim
- source of liberation.
The great sage Maitreya said: O warrior, the inquiry made by you is just befitting a devotee because it concerns the incarnation of the Personality of Godhead. He is the source of liberation from the chain of birth and death for all those who are otherwise destined to die.