maitreyaḥ - Maitreya; uvāca - said; iti - thus; dakṣaḥ - Dakṣa; kaviḥ - being purified in consciousness; yajñam - the sacrifice; bhadra - O Vidura; rudra-abhimarśitam - devastated by Vīrabhadra; kīrtya-māne - being glorified; hṛṣīkeśe - Hṛṣīkeśa (Lord Viṣṇu); sanninye - arranged for restarting; yajña-bhāvane - the protector of sacrifice.

Śrī Maitreya said: After Lord Viṣṇu was glorified by all present, Dakṣa, his consciousness purified, arranged to begin again the yajña which had been devastated by the followers of Lord Śiva.