मैत्रेय उवाच इति स्वमातुर्निरवद्यमीप्सितं निशम्य पुंसामपवर्गवर्धनम् । धियाभिनन्द्यात्मवतां सतां गति- र्बभाष ईषत्स्मितशोभितानन: ॥ १२ ॥
maitreya uvaca iti sva-matur niravadyam ipsitam nisamya pumsam apavarga-vardhanam dhiyabhinandyatmavatam satam gatir babhasa isat-smita-sobhitananah
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- sva-matuh
- of His mother
- niravadyam
- uncontaminated
- ipsitam
- desire
- nisamya
- after hearing
- pumsam
- of people
- apavarga
- cessation of bodily existence
- vardhanam
- increasing
- dhiya
- mentally
- abhinandya
- having thanked
- atma-vatam
- interested in self-realization
- satam
- of the transcendentalists
- gatih
- the path
- babhase
- He explained
- isat
- slightly
- smita
- smiling
- sobhita
- beautiful
- ananah
- His face
Maitreya said: After hearing of His mother’s uncontaminated desire for transcendental realization, the Lord thanked her within Himself for her questions, and thus, His face smiling, He explained the path of the transcendentalists, who are interested in self-realization.