Chapter 22
मैत्रेय उवाच स उग्रधन्वन्नियदेवाबभाषे आसीच्च तूष्णीमरविन्दनाभम् । धियोपगृह्णन् स्मितशोभितेन मुखेन चेतो लुलुभे देवहूत्या: ॥ २१ ॥
Transliteration
maitreya uvāca sa ugra-dhanvann iyad evābabhāṣe āsīc ca tūṣṇīm aravinda-nābham dhiyopagṛhṇan smita-śobhitena mukhena ceto lulubhe devahūtyāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
maitreyaḥ — the great sage Maitreya; uvāca — said; saḥ — he (Kardama); ugra-dhanvan — O great warrior Vidura; iyat — this much; eva — only; ābabhāṣe — spoke; āsīt — became; ca — and; tūṣṇīm — silent; aravinda-nābham — Lord Viṣṇu (whose navel is adorned by a lotus); dhiyā — by thought; upagṛhṇan — seizing; smita-śobhitena — beautified by his smile; mukhena — by his face; cetaḥ — the mind; lulubhe — was captivated; devahūtyāḥ — of Devahūti.
Translation
“Śrī Maitreya said: O great warrior Vidura, the sage Kardama said this much only and then became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Viṣṇu, who has a lotus on His navel. As he silently smiled, his face captured the mind of Devahūti, who began to meditate upon the great sage.”