विदुर उवाच के ते प्रचेतसो नाम कस्यापत्यानि सुव्रत । कस्यान्ववाये प्रख्याता: कुत्र वा सत्रमासत ॥ २ ॥
vidura uvaca ke te pracetaso nama kasyapatyani suvrata kasyanvavaye prakhyatah kutra va satram asata
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura inquired
- ke
- who were
- te
- they
- pracetasah
- the Pracetas
- nama
- of the name
- kasya
- whose
- apatyani
- sons
- su-vrata
- O Maitreya, who have taken an auspicious vow
- kasya
- whose
- anvavaye
- in the family
- prakhyatah
- famous
- kutra
- where
- va
- also
- satram
- the sacrifice
- asata
- was performed.
Vidura inquired from Maitreya: O greatly advanced devotee, who were the Pracetas? To which family did they belong? Whose sons were they, and where did they perform the great sacrifices?