Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.7
అథాత్రాపీతిహాసోఽయం శ్రుతో మే వర్ణిత: పురా ।
బ్రహ్మణా దేవదేవేన దేవానామనుపృచ్ఛతామ్ ॥ ౭ ॥
athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁ
[athaatraapeetihaaso ’yam]
śruto me varṇitaḥ purā
[shruto me varnitah puraa]
brahmaṇā deva-devena
[brahmanaa deva-devena]
devānām anupṛcchatām
[devaanaam anuprichchataam]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁ
atha
now
atra
in this matter
api
also
itihāsaḥ
history
ayam
this
śruto me varṇitaḥ purā
śrutaḥ
heard
me
by me
varṇitaḥ
described
purā
years ago
brahmaṇā deva-devena
brahmaṇā
by Brahmā
deva-devena
the foremost of the demigods
devānām
by the demigods
devānām anupṛcchatām
anupṛcchatām
asking.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Long ago I heard Brahmā, the head of the devatās, describe this story when the devatās asked him.
Me means “by me.” Brahmā described the story when the devatās asked.
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