मैत्रेय उवाच प्रचेतस: पितुर्वाक्यं शिरसादाय साधव: । दिशं प्रतीचीं प्रययुस्तपस्यादृतचेतस: ॥ १९ ॥
maitreya uvaca pracetasah pitur vakyam sirasadaya sadhavah disam praticim prayayus tapasy adrta-cetasah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
- pracetasah
- all the sons of King Pracinabarhi
- pituh
- of the father
- vakyam
- words
- sirasa
- on the head
- adaya
- accepting
- sadhavah
- all pious
- disam
- direction
- praticim
- western
- prayayuh
- went away
- tapasi
- in austerities
- adrta
- accepting seriously
- cetasah
- in the heart.
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, because of their pious nature, all the sons of Pracinabarhi very seriously accepted the words of their father with heart and soul, and with these words on their heads, they went toward the west to execute their father’s order.