अथ तस्याभितप्तस्य कतिधायतनानि ह । निरभिद्यन्त देवानां तानि मे गदत: शृणु ॥ ११ ॥
atha tasyabhitaptasya katidhayatanani ha nirabhidyanta devanam tani me gadatah srnu
- atha
- therefore
- tasya
- His
- abhitaptasya
- in terms of His contemplation
- katidha
- how many
- ayatanani
- embodiments
- ha
- there were
- nirabhidyanta
- by separated parts
- devanam
- of the demigods
- tani
- all those
- me gadatah
- described by me
- srnu
- just hear.
Maitreya said: You may now hear from me how the Supreme Lord separated Himself into the diverse forms of the demigods after the manifestation of the gigantic universal form.