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Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

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SB 3.14.1

श्री शुक उवाच निशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितां हरेः कथां कारणसूकरात्मनः पुनः स पप्रच्छ तमुद्यतांजलिर्न चातितृप्तो विदुरो धृतव्रतः

śrī śuka uvāca niśamya kauṣāra-viṇopavarṇitāṁ hareḥ kathāṁ kāraṇa-sūkarātmanaḥ punaḥ sa papraccha tam udyatāñjalir na cātitṛpto viduro dhṛta-vrataḥ

Synonyms

śrī śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; niśamyaafter hearing; kauṣāraviṇāby the sage Maitreya; upavarṇitāmdescribed; hareḥof the Personality of Godhead; kathāmnarrations; kāraṇafor the reason of lifting the earth; sūkara-ātmanaḥof the boar incarnation; punaḥagain; saḥhe; papracchainquired; tamfrom him (Maitreya); udyata-añjaliḥwith folded hands; nanever; caalso; atitṛptaḥvery much satisfied; viduraḥVidura; dhṛta-vrataḥtaken to a vow..

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After hearing from the great sage Maitreya about the Lord's incarnation as Varāha, Vidura, who had taken a vow, begged him with folded hands to please narrate further transcendental activities of the Lord, since he [Vidura] did not yet feel satisfied.

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