मैत्रेय उवाच प्रजा: सृजेति भगवान् कर्दमो ब्रह्मणोदित: । सरस्वत्यां तपस्तेपे सहस्राणां समा दश ॥ ६ ॥
maitreya uvaca prajah srjeti bhagavan kardamo brahmanoditah sarasvatyam tapas tepe sahasranam sama dasa
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- prajah
- children
- srja
- beget
- iti
- thus
- bhagavan
- the worshipful
- kardamah
- Kardama Muni
- brahmana
- by Lord Brahma
- uditah
- commanded
- sarasvatyam
- on the bank of the River Sarasvati
- tapah
- penance
- tepe
- practiced
- sahasranam
- of thousands
- samah
- years
- dasa
- ten.
The great sage Maitreya replied: Commanded by Lord Brahma to beget children in the worlds, the worshipful Kardama Muni practiced penance on the bank of the River Sarasvati for a period of ten thousand years.