### SB 3.12.20

> मैत्रेय उवाच\
> एवमात्मभुवादिष्टः परिक्रम्य गिरां पतिम् ।\
> बाढमित्यमुमामन्त्र्य विवेश तपसे वनम् ॥२०॥

> maitreya uvāca\
> evam ātmabhuvādiṣṭaḥ\
> parikramya girāṁ patim\
> bāḍham ity amum āmantrya\
> viveśa tapase vanam

*maitreyaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Maitreya said; *evam*—thus; *ātma-bhuvā*—by Brahmā; *ādiṣṭaḥ*—being so requested; *parikramya*—by circumambulating; *girām*—of the *Vedas*; *patim*—unto the master; *bāḍham*—that is right; *iti*—thus; *amum*—unto Brahmā; *āmantrya*—thus addressing; *viveśa*—entered into; *tapase*—for the matter of penance; *vanam*—into the forest.

**Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Rudra, being ordered by Brahmā, circumambulated his father, the master of the Vedas. Addressing him with words of assent, he entered the forest to perform austere penances.**