मैत्रेय उवाच भृग्वादयस्ते मुनयो लोकानां क्षेमदर्शिन: । गोप्तर्यसति वै नृणां पश्यन्त: पशुसाम्यताम् ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca bhrgv-adayas te munayo lokanam ksema-darsinah goptary asati vai nrnam pasyantah pasu-samyatam
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya continued
- bhrgu-adayah
- headed by Bhrgu
- te
- all of them
- munayah
- the great sages
- lokanam
- of the people
- ksema-darsinah
- who always aspire for the welfare
- goptari
- the King
- asati
- being absent
- vai
- certainly
- nrnam
- of all the citizens
- pasyantah
- having understood
- pasu-samyatam
- existence on the level of the animals.
The great sage Maitreya continued: O great hero Vidura, the great sages, headed by Bhrgu, were always thinking of the welfare of the people in general. When they saw that in the absence of King Anga there was no one to protect the interests of the people, they understood that without a ruler the people would become independent and nonregulated.