Devanagari
मैत्रेय उवाच
ब्रह्मणा चोदित: सृष्टावत्रिर्ब्रह्मविदां वर: ।
सह पत्न्या ययावृक्षं कुलाद्रिं तपसि स्थित: ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
maitreya uvāca
brahmaṇā coditaḥ sṛṣṭāv
atrir brahma-vidāṁ varaḥ
saha patnyā yayāv ṛkṣaṁ
kulādriṁ tapasi sthitaḥ
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
Śrī Maitreya Ṛṣi said
;
brahmaṇā
—
by Lord Brahmā
;
coditaḥ
—
being inspired
;
sṛṣṭau
—
for creation
;
atriḥ
—
Atri
;
brahma
—
vidām — of the persons learned in spiritual knowledge
;
varaḥ
—
the chief
;
saha
—
with
;
patnyā
—
wife
;
yayau
—
went
;
ṛkṣam
—
to the mountain named Ṛkṣa
;
kula
—
adrim — great mountain
;
tapasi
—
for austerities
;
sthitaḥ
—
remained .
Translation
Maitreya said: When Lord Brahmā ordered Atri Muni to create generations after marrying Anasūyā, Atri Muni and his wife went to perform severe austerities in the valley of the mountain known as Ṛkṣa.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Maitreya said: Inspired by Brahmā to create, Atri Muni, the best of knowers of Brahman, being austere, went with his wife to Ṛkṣa Mountain.
Ṛkṣa is the name of a mountain.