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SB 3.14.7

Devanāgarī

अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णित: पुरा । ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम् ॥ ७ ॥

Text

athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁ śruto me varṇitaḥ purā brahmaṇā deva-devena devānām anupṛcchatām

Synonyms

atha—now;atra—in this matter;api—also;itihāsaḥ—history;ayam—this;śrutaḥ—heard;me—by me;varṇitaḥ—described;purā—years ago;brahmaṇā—by Brahmā;deva-devena—the foremost of the demigods;devānām—by the demigods;anupṛcchatām—asking.

Translation

This history of the fight between the Lord as a boar and the demon Hiraṇyākṣa was heard by me in a year long ago as it was described by the foremost of the demigods, Brahmā, when he was questioned by the other demigods.

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