Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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मैत्रेय उवाच
ईडितो भगवानेवं कपिलाख्यः परः पुमान् ।
वाचाविक्लवयेत्याह मातरं मातृवत्सलः ॥९॥

maitreya uvāca
īḍito bhagavān evaṁ
kapilākhyaḥ paraḥ pumān
vācāviklavayety āha
mātaraṁ mātṛ-vatsalaḥ

WORD BY WORD

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; īḍitaḥ — praised; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; evam — thus; kapila-ākhyaḥ — named Kapila; paraḥ — supreme; pumān — person; vācā — with words; aviklavayā — grave; iti — thus; āha — replied; mātaram — to His mother; mātṛ-vatsalaḥ — very affectionate to His mother;

TRANSLATION

Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapila, satisfied by the words of His mother, towards whom He was very affectionate, replied with gravity.

PURPORT

Since the Lord is all-perfect, His exhibition of affection for His mother was also complete. After hearing the words of His mother, He most respectfully, with due gravity and good manners, replied.

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