मैत्रेय उवाच पुरा विश्वसृजां सत्रे समेता: परमर्षय: । तथामरगणा: सर्वे सानुगा मुनयोऽग्नय: ॥ ४ ॥
maitreya uvaca pura visva-srjam satre sametah paramarsayah tathamara-ganah sarve sanuga munayo ’gnayah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya said
- pura
- formerly (at the time of Svayambhuva Manu)
- visva-srjam
- of the creators of the universe
- satre
- at a sacrifice
- sametah
- were assembled
- parama-rsayah
- the great sages
- tatha
- and also
- amara-ganah
- the demigods
- sarve
- all
- sa-anugah
- along with their followers
- munayah
- the philosophers
- agnayah
- the fire-gods.
The sage Maitreya said: In a former time, the leaders of the universal creation performed a great sacrifice in which all the great sages, philosophers, demigods and fire-gods assembled with their followers.