मैत्रेय उवाच सनकाद्या नारदश्च ऋभुर्हंसोऽरुणिर्यति: । नैते गृहान् ब्रह्मसुता ह्यावसन्नूर्ध्वरेतस: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca sanakadya naradas ca rbhur hamso ’runir yatih naite grhan brahma-suta hy avasann urdhva-retasah
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- sanaka-adyah
- those headed by Sanaka
- naradah
- Narada
- ca
- and
- rbhuh
- Rbhu
- hamsah
- Hamsa
- arunih
- Aruni
- yatih
- Yati
- na
- not
- ete
- all these
- grhan
- at home
- brahma-sutah
- sons of Brahma
- hi
- certainly
- avasan
- did live
- urdhva-retasah
- unadulterated celibates.
The great sage Maitreya said: The four great Kumara sages headed by Sanaka, as well as Narada, Rbhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati, all sons of Brahma did not live at home, but became urdhva-reta, or naisthika-brahmacaris, unadulterated celibates.