मैत्रेय उवाच इत्यर्चित: स भगवानतिदिश्यात्मन: पदम् । बालस्य पश्यतो धाम स्वमगाद्गरुडध्वज: ॥ २६ ॥
maitreya uvaca ity arcitah sa bhagavan atidisyatmanah padam balasya pasyato dhama svam agad garuda-dhvajah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
- iti
- thus
- arcitah
- being honored and worshiped
- sah
- the Supreme Lord
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- atidisya
- after offering
- atmanah
- His personal
- padam
- residence
- balasya
- while the boy
- pasyatah
- was looking on
- dhama
- to His abode
- svam
- own
- agat
- He returned
- garuda-dhvajah
- Lord Visnu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuda.
The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy, Dhruva Maharaja, and after offering him His abode, Lord Visnu, on the back of Garuda, returned to His abode, as Dhruva Maharaja looked on.