maitreyah-Maitreya; uvaca-said; evam-thus; bhagavata-by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adistah-having been instructed; prajapati-patih-the head of all the Prajapatis; harim-Hari; arcitva-after worshiping; kratuna-with the sacrificial ceremonies; svena-his own; devan-the demigods; ubhayatah-separately; ayajat-worshiped.