Canto 3, Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Verse 7 (SB 3.14.7)
SB 3.14.7 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda