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SB 10.51.13

Devanāgarī

श्रीराजोवाच को नाम स पुमान् ब्रह्मन् कस्य किंवीर्य एव च । कस्माद् गुहां गत: शिष्ये किंतेजो यवनार्दन: ॥ १३ ॥

Text

śrī-rājovāca ko nāma sa pumān brahman kasya kiṁ-vīrya eva ca kasmād guhāṁ gataḥ śiṣye kiṁ-tejo yavanārdanaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-rājāuvāca—the King (Parīkṣit) said;kaḥ—who;nāma—in particular;saḥ—that;pumān—person;brahman—Obrāhmaṇa(Śukadeva);kasya—of which (family);kim—having what;vīryaḥ—powers;evaca—as also;kasmāt—why;guhām—in the cave;gataḥ—having gone;śiṣye—lay down to sleep;kim—whose;tejaḥ—semen (offspring);yavana—of the Yavana;ardanaḥ—the destroyer.

Translation

King Parīkṣit said: Who was that person, O brāhmaṇa? To which family did he belong, and what were his powers? Why did that destroyer of the barbarian lie down to sleep in the cave, and whose son was he?

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