# SB 3.12.20 > मैत्रेय उवाच > एवमात्मभुवादिष्टः परिक्रम्य गिरां पतिम् । > बाढमित्यमुमामन्त्र्य विवेश तपसे वनम् ॥२०॥ ## Text > maitreya uvāca > evam ātmabhuvādiṣṭaḥ > parikramya girāṁ patim > bāḍham ity amum āmantrya > viveśa tapase vanam ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **Śrī Maitreya said: Thus Rudra, having been 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.**