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ŚB 3.14.7

Devanagari

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.