Then going down to the nether region, the two, Matali and Narada of large souls, paid their respects to the ruler of the word, the lord of the waters.
अवगाह्य तु तौ भूमिमुभौ मातलिनारदौ। ददृशाते महात्मानौ लोकपालमपां पतिम्॥