Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7


Sanskrit:

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

ITRANS:

athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁśruto me varṇitaḥ purābrahmaṇā deva-devenadevānām anupṛcchatām

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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