मैत्रेय उवाच
इति ते वर्णितः क्षत्तः कालाख्यः परमात्मनः ।
महिमा वेदगर्भो ऽथ यथास्राक्षीन्निबोध मे ॥ १ ॥
maitreyah uvaca-Sri Maitreya said; iti-thus; te-unto you; varnitah-described; ksattah-O Vidura; kala-akhyah-by the name of eternal time; paramatmanah-of the Supersoul; mahima-glories; veda-garbhah-Lord Brahma, the reservoir of the Vedas; atha-hereafter; yatha-as it is; asraksit-did create; nibodha-just try to understand; me-from me.
Sri Maitreya said: O learned
Vidura, so far I have explained to you the glories of the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His feature of
kala. Now you can hear from me about the creation of
Brahma, the reservoir of all Vedic knowledge.