maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; stuvatisu-while glorifying; amara-strisu-by the wives of the denizens of heaven; pati-lokam-the planet where the husband had gone; gata-reaching; vadhuh-the wife; yam-where; va-or; atma-vidam-of the self-realized souls; dhuryah-the topmost; vainyah-the son of King Vena (Prthu Maharaja); prapa-obtained; acyuta-asrayah-under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.