मैत्रेय उवाच निशम्यात्मभुवा गीतं कारणं शङ्कयोज्झिता: । तत: सर्वे न्यवर्तन्त त्रिदिवाय दिवौकस: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca nisamyatma-bhuva gitam karanam sankayojjhitah tatah sarve nyavartanta tridivaya divaukasah
- maitreyah
- the sage Maitreya
- uvaca
- said
- nisamya
- upon hearing
- atma-bhuva
- by Brahma
- gitam
- explanation
- karanam
- the cause
- sankaya
- from fear
- ujjhitah
- freed
- tatah
- then
- sarve
- all
- nyavartanta
- returned
- tri-divaya
- to the heavenly planes
- diva-okasah
- the demigods (who inhabit the higher planes).
Sri Maitreya said: The demigods, the inhabitants of the higher planes, were freed from all fear upon hearing the cause of the darkness explained by Brahma, who was born from Visnu. Thus they all returned to their respective planes.