maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued; bhrgu-adayah-headed by Bhrgu; te-all of them; munayah-the great sages; lokanam-of the people; ksema-darsinah-who always aspire for the welfare; goptari-the King; asati-being absent; vai-certainly; nrnam-of all the citizens; pasyantah-having understood; pasu-samyatam-existence on the level of the animals.