एतदेवात्मभू राजन् नारदाय विपृच्छते । वेदगर्भोऽभ्यधात् साक्षाद् यदाह हरिरात्मन: ॥ २५ ॥
etad evatma-bhu rajan naradaya viprcchate veda-garbho ’bhyadhat saksad yad aha harir atmanah
- etat
- on this matter
- eva
- exactly
- atma-bhuh
- the firstborn (Brahmaji)
- rajan
- my dear King
- naradaya
- unto Narada Muni
- viprcchate
- having inquired about it from
- veda-garbhah
- one who is impregnated with Vedic knowledge from birth
- abhyadhat
- apprised
- saksat
- directly
- yat aha
- what he spoke
- harih
- the Lord
- atmanah
- unto His own (Brahma).
My dear King, Brahma, the firstborn, on being questioned by Narada, exactly apprised him on this subject, as it was directly spoken by the Lord to His own son, who was impregnated with Vedic knowledge from his very birth.