Chapter 24
मैत्रेय उवाच इत्यनुक्रोशहृदयो भगवानाह ताञ्छिव: । बद्धाञ्जलीन् राजपुत्रान्नारायणपरो वच: ॥ ३२ ॥
Transliteration
maitreya uvāca ity anukrośa-hṛdayo bhagavān āha tāñ chivaḥ baddhāñjalīn rāja-putrān nārāyaṇa-paro vacaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great saint Maitreya continued to speak; iti — thus; anukrośa-hṛdayaḥ — very kindhearted; bhagavān — the lord; āha — said; tān — unto the Pracetās; śivaḥ — Lord Śiva; baddha-añjalīn — who were standing with folded hands; rāja-putrān — the sons of the King; nārāyaṇa-paraḥ — Lord Śiva, the great devotee of Nārāyaṇa; vacaḥ — words.
Translation
“The great sage Maitreya continued: Out of his causeless mercy, the exalted personality Lord Śiva, a great devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, continued to speak to the King’s sons, who were standing with folded hands.”