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मैत्रेय उवाच
तदेवमाकर्ण्य जलेशभाषितं महामनास्तद्विगणय्य दुर्मदः ।
हरेर्विदित्वा गतिमङ्ग नारदाद् रसातलं निर्विविशे त्वरान्वितः ॥ १ ॥
 
maitreya uvaca
tad evam akarnya jalesa-bhasitam
mahamanas tad viganayya durmadah
harer viditva gatim aṅga naradad
rasatalam nirvivise tvaranvitah
maitreyah-the great sage Maitreya; uvaca-said; tat-that; evam-thus; akarnya-hearing; jalesa-of the controller of water, Varuna; bhasitam-words; mahamanah-proud; tat-those words; viganayya-having paid little heed to; durmadah-vainglorious; hareh-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viditva-having learned; gatim-the whereabouts; aṅga-O dear Vidura; naradat-from Narada; rasatalam-to the depths of the ocean; nirvivise-entered; tvara-anvitah-with great speed.