मैत्रेय उवाच एवं निशम्य कपिलस्य वचो जनित्री सा कर्दमस्य दयिता किल देवहूति: । विस्रस्तमोहपटला तमभिप्रणम्य तुष्टाव तत्त्वविषयाङ्कितसिद्धिभूमिम् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca evam nisamya kapilasya vaco janitri sa kardamasya dayita kila devahutih visrasta-moha-patala tam abhipranamya tustava tattva-visayankita-siddhi-bhumim
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- evam
- thus
- nisamya
- having heard
- kapilasya
- of Lord Kapila
- vacah
- the words
- janitri
- the mother
- sa
- she
- kardamasya
- of Kardama Muni
- dayita
- the dear wife
- kila
- namely
- devahutih
- Devahuti
- visrasta
- freed from
- moha-patala
- the covering of illusion
- tam
- unto Him
- abhipranamya
- having offered obeisances
- tustava
- recited prayers
- tattva
- basic principles
- visaya
- in the matter of
- ankita
- the author
- siddhi
- of liberation
- bhumim
- the background
Sri Maitreya said: Thus Devahuti, the mother of Lord Kapila and wife of Kardama Muni, became freed from all ignorance concerning devotional service and transcendental knowledge. She offered her obeisances unto the Lord, the author of the basic principles of the Sankhya system of philosophy, which is the background of liberation, and she satisfied Him with the following verses of prayer.