मैत्रेय उवाच स उग्रधन्वन्नियदेवाबभाषे आसीच्च तूष्णीमरविन्दनाभम् । धियोपगृह्णन् स्मितशोभितेन मुखेन चेतो लुलुभे देवहूत्या: ॥ २१ ॥
maitreya uvaca sa ugra-dhanvann iyad evababhase asic ca tusnim aravinda-nabham dhiyopagrhnan smita-sobhitena mukhena ceto lulubhe devahutyah
- maitreyah
- the great sage Maitreya
- uvaca
- said
- sah
- he (Kardama)
- ugra-dhanvan
- O great warrior Vidura
- iyat
- this much
- eva
- only
- ababhase
- spoke
- asit
- became
- ca
- and
- tusnim
- silent
- aravinda-nabham
- Lord Visnu (whose navel is adorned by a lotus)
- dhiya
- by thought
- upagrhnan
- seizing
- smita-sobhitena
- beautified by his smile
- mukhena
- by his face
- cetah
- the mind
- lulubhe
- was captivated
- devahutyah
- of Devahuti
Sri Maitreya said: O great warrior Vidura, the sage Kardama said this much only and then became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Visnu, who has a lotus on His navel. As he silently smiled, his face captured the mind of Devahuti, who began to meditate upon the great sage.