मैत्रेय उवाच इति देवर्षिणा प्रोक्तं विश्रुत्य जगतीपति: । राजलक्ष्मीमनादृत्य पुत्रमेवान्वचिन्तयत् ॥ ७० ॥
maitreya uvaca iti devarsina proktam visrutya jagati-patih raja-laksmim anadrtya putram evanvacintayat
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- devarsina
- by the great sage Narada
- proktam
- spoken
- visrutya
- hearing
- jagati-patih
- the King
- raja-laksmim
- the opulence of his big kingdom
- anadrtya
- without taking care of
- putram
- his son
- eva
- certainly
- anvacintayat
- began to think of him.
The great Maitreya continued: The King, Uttanapada, after being advised by Narada Muni, practically gave up all duties in relation with his kingdom, which was very vast and wide, opulent like the goddess of fortune, and he simply began to think of his son Dhruva.