मैत्रेय उवाच
एवमात्मभुवा "दिष्टः परिक्रम्य गिरां पतिम् ।
बाढमित्यमुमामन्त्र्य विवेश तपसे वनम् ॥ २० ॥
maitreyah uvaca-Sri Maitreya said; evam-thus; atma-bhuva-by Brahma; adistah-being so requested; parikramya-by circumambulating; giram-of the Vedas; patim-unto the master; badham-that is right; iti-thus; amum-unto Brahma; amantrya-thus addressing; vivesa-entered into; tapase-for the matter of penance; vanam-into the forest.
Sri Maitreya said: Thus
Rudra, being ordered by
Brahma, circumambulated his father, the master of the Vedas. Addressing him with words of assent, he entered the forest to perform austere penances.