मैत्रेय उवाच एवमाविष्कृताशेषगुणकर्मोदयो मुनिम् । सव्रीड इव तं सम्राडुपारतमुवाच ह ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca evam aviskrtasesa- guna-karmodayo munim savrida iva tam samrad uparatam uvaca ha
- maitreyah
- the great sage Maitreya
- uvaca
- said
- evam
- thus
- aviskrta
- having been described
- asesa
- all
- guna
- of the virtues
- karma
- of the activities
- udayah
- the greatness
- munim
- the great sage
- sa-vridah
- feeling modest
- iva
- as though
- tam
- him (Kardama)
- samrat
- Emperor Manu
- uparatam
- silent
- uvaca ha
- addressed.
Sri Maitreya said: After describing the greatness of the Emperor’s manifold qualities and activities, the sage became silent, and the Emperor, feeling modesty, addressed him as follows.