मैत्रेय उवाच निशम्य गदतामेवमृषीणां धनुषि ध्रुव: । सन्दधेऽस्त्रमुपस्पृश्य यन्नारायणनिर्मितम् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca nisamya gadatam evam rsinam dhanusi dhruvah sandadhe ’stram upasprsya yan narayana-nirmitam
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya continued to speak
- nisamya
- having heard
- gadatam
- the words
- evam
- thus
- rsinam
- of the sages
- dhanusi
- upon his bow
- dhruvah
- Dhruva Maharaja
- sandadhe
- fixed
- astram
- an arrow
- upasprsya
- after touching water
- yat
- that which
- narayana
- by Narayana
- nirmitam
- was made.
Sri Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Maharaja heard the encouraging words of the great sages, he performed the acamana by touching water and then took up his arrow made by Lord Narayana and fixed it upon his bow.