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Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

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SB 3.14.7

अथात्रापीतिहासो ऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णितः पुरा ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम्

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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