मैत्रेय उवाच
इत्यर्चितः स भगवान् अतिदिश्यात्मनः पदम् ।
बालस्य पश्यतो धाम स्वम् अगाद्गरुडध्वजः ॥ २६ ॥
balasya pasyato dhama svam
maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; iti-thus; arcitah-being honored and worshiped; sah-the Supreme Lord; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; atidisya-after offering; atmanah-His personal; padam-residence; balasya-while the boy; pasyatah-was looking on; dhama-to His abode; svam-own; agat-He returned; garuda-dhvajah-Lord Visnu, whose flag bears the emblem of Garuda.
The great sage Maitreya said: After being worshiped and honored by the boy,
Dhruva Maharaja, and after offering him His abode, Lord
Visnu returned to His abode on the back of
Garuda as Dhruva Maharaja looked on.