maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya said; iti-thus; devarsina-by the great sage Narada Muni; 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.