मैत्रेय उवाच एवं स भगवान्वैन्यः ख्यापितो गुणकर्मभिः । छन्दयामास तान्कामैः प्रतिपूज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca
evam sa bhagavan vainyah
khyapito guna-karmabhih
chandayam asa tan kamaih
pratipujyabhinandya ca
maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; evam-thus; sah-he; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; vainyah-in the form of the son of King Vena; khyapitah-being glorified; guna-karmabhih-by qualities and factual activities; chandayam asa-pacified; tan-those reciters; kamaih-by various presentations; pratipujya-offering all respects; abhinandya-offering prayers; ca-also.