ity adi-rajena nutah sa visva-drk
tam aha rajan mayi bhaktir astu te
distyedrsi dhir mayi te krta yaya
mayam madiyam tarati sma dustyajam
maitreyah-Maitreya, the great sage; uvaca-spoke; iti-thus; adi-rajena-by the original king (Prthu); nutah-being worshiped; sah-He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); visva-drk-the seer of the whole universe; tam-unto him; aha-said; rajan-my dear King; mayi-unto Me; bhaktih-devotional service; astu-let it be; te-your; distya-by good fortune; idrsi-like this; dhih-intelligence; mayi-unto Me; te-by you; krta-having been performed; yaya-by which; mayam-illusory energy; madiyam-My; tarati-crosses over; sma-certainly; dustyajam-very difficult to give up.