मैत्रेय उवाच तदेवमाकर्ण्य जलेशभाषितं महामनास्तद्विगणय्य दुर्मद: । हरेर्विदित्वा गतिमङ्ग नारदाद् रसातलं निर्विविशे त्वरान्वित: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca tad evam akarnya jalesa-bhasitam maha-manas tad viganayya durmadah harer viditva gatim anga naradad rasatalam nirvivise tvaranvitah
- maitreyah
- the great sage Maitreya
- uvaca
- said
- tat
- that
- evam
- thus
- akarnya
- hearing
- jala-isa
- of the controller of water, Varuna
- bhasitam
- words
- maha-manah
- proud
- tat
- those words
- viganayya
- having paid little heed to
- durmadah
- vainglorious
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- viditva
- having learned
- gatim
- the whereabouts
- anga
- O dear Vidura
- naradat
- from Narada
- rasatalam
- to the depths of the ocean
- nirvivise
- entered
- tvara-anvitah
- with great speed
Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuna. O dear Vidura, he learned from Narada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean.