maitreyah uvaca-the great saint Maitreya said; prasamsanti sma-praised, glorified; tam-him (Prthu); viprah-all the brahmanas;gandharva-pravarah-the best of the Gandharvas; jaguh-chanted; mumucuh-released; sumanah-dharah-showers of flowers; siddhah-the personalities from Siddhaloka; nrtyanti-were dancing; svah-of the heavenly planets; striyah-women (the Apsaras).