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  "name":"SB 3.14.7",
  "h1":"SB 3.14.7",
  "label":"Text 7",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.7",
  "description":"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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SB 3.14.7

अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णितः 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.