maitreyah uvaca-Maitreya said; iti-thus; pracetasah-the Pracetas; rajan-O King; anyah-others; ca-also; bhagavat-kathah-topics about the relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sravayitva-after instructing; brahma-lokam-to Brahmaloka; yayau-went back; svayambhuvah-the son of Lord Brahma; munih-the great sage.