एवं प्रश्नमृषीन् पूर्वमपृच्छं पितुरन्तिके । नाब्रुवन् ब्रह्मण: पुत्रास्तत्र कारणमुच्यताम् ॥ ४२ ॥
evaṁ praśnam ṛṣīn pūrvam apṛcchaṁ pitur antike nābruvan brahmaṇaḥ putrās tatra kāraṇam ucyatām
- evam
- similar
- praśnam
- a question
- ṛṣīn
- to the sages
- pūrvam
- previously
- apṛccham
- I asked
- pituḥ
- of my father (Ikṣvāku Mahārāja)
- antike
- in front
- na abruvan
- they did not speak
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Lord Brahmā
- putrāḥ
- the sons
- tatra
- of that
- kāraṇam
- the reason
- ucyatām
- please say
Once in the past, in the presence of my father, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, I placed a similar question before four great sages who were sons of Lord Brahmā. But they did not answer my question. Please explain the reason for this.