मैत्रेयीति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः प्रव-जिष्यन्वा अरेऽहमस्मात्स्थानादस्मि हन्ततेऽनया कात्यायन्यान्तं करवाणीति ॥ २ ॥
In plain words
'Maitreyi,' Yajnavalkya said, 'I am about to leave this life behind and go forth as a wanderer. So come — let me settle things properly between you and Katyayani before I go.'
Close to the Sanskrit
'Maitreyī!' — thus said Yājñavalkya — 'I am indeed about to go forth from this state. Come, then, let me make a settlement between you and this Kātyāyanī.'