### SB 3.22.1

> मैत्रेय उवाच\
> एवमाविष्कृताशेष गुणकर्मोदयो मुनिम् ।\
> सव्रीड इव तं सम्राडुपारतमुवाच ह ॥१॥

> maitreya uvāca\
> evam āviṣkṛtāśeṣa-\
> guṇa-karmodayo munim\
> savrīḍa iva taṁ samrāḍ\
> upāratam uvāca ha

*maitreyaḥ*—the great sage Maitreya; *uvāca*—said; *evam*—thus; *āviṣkṛta*—having been described; *aśeṣa*—all; *guṇa*—of the virtues; *karma*—of the activities; *udayaḥ*—the greatness; *munim*—the great sage; *sa-vrīḍaḥ*—feeling modest; *iva*—as though; *tam*—him (Kardama); *samrāṭ*—Emperor Manu; *upāratam*—silent; *uvāca ha*—addressed.

**Śrī Maitreya said: After describing the greatness of the Emperor's manifold qualities and activities, the sage became silent, and the Emperor, feeling modesty, addressed him as follows.**