मैत्रेय उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं गायका मुनिचोदिता: । तुष्टुवुस्तुष्टमनसस्तद्वागमृतसेवया ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca iti bruvanam nrpatim gayaka muni-coditah tustuvus tusta-manasas tad-vag-amrta-sevaya
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- bruvanam
- speaking
- nrpatim
- the King
- gayakah
- the reciters
- muni
- by the sages
- coditah
- having been instructed
- tustuvuh
- praised, satisfied
- tusta
- being pleased
- manasah
- their minds
- tat
- his
- vak
- words
- amrta
- nectarean
- sevaya
- by hearing.
The great sage Maitreya continued: While King Prthu thus spoke, the humility of his nectarean speeches pleased the reciters very much. Then again they continued to praise the King highly with exalted prayers, as they had been instructed by the great sages.