SB 3.12.20

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

SB 3.12.19 - SB 3.12.21

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 20

maitreya uvāca

evam ātmabhuvādiṣṭaḥ

parikramya girāṁ patim

bāḍham ity amum āmantrya

viveśa tapase vanam

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca—Śrī Maitreya said; evam—thus; ātma-bhuvā—by Brahmā; ādiṣṭaḥ—being so requested; parikramya—by circumambulating; girām—of the Vedas; patim—unto the master; bāḍham—that is right; iti—thus; amum—unto Brahmā; āmantrya—thus addressing; viveśa—entered into; tapase—for the matter of penance; vanam—into the forest.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Rudra, having been ordered by Brahmā, circumambulated his father, the master of the Vedas. Addressing him with words of assent, he entered the forest to perform austere penances.

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