### SB 4.1.29

> मैत्रेय उवाच\
> इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा त्रयस्ते विबुधर्षभाः ।\
> प्रत्याहुः श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्रहस्य तमृषिं प्रभो ॥२९॥

> maitreya uvāca\
> iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā\
> trayas te vibudharṣabhāḥ\
> pratyāhuḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā\
> prahasya tam ṛṣiṁ prabho

*maitreyaḥ uvāca*—the sage Maitreya said; *iti*—thus; *tasya*—his; *vacaḥ*—words; *śrutvā*—after hearing; *trayaḥ te*—all three; *vibudha*—demigods; *ṛṣabhāḥ*—chiefs; *pratyāhuḥ*—replied; *ślakṣṇayā*—gentle; *vācā*—voices; *prahasya*—smiling; *tam*—unto him; *ṛṣim*—the great sage; *prabho*—O mighty one.

**The great sage Maitreya continued: The three great deities smiled upon hearing Atri Muni speak in that way, and they replied in the following sweet words.**