अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णित: पुरा । ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम् ॥ ७ ॥
athatrapitihaso ’yam sruto me varnitah pura brahmana deva-devena devanam anuprcchatam
- atha
- now
- atra
- in this matter
- api
- also
- itihasah
- history
- ayam
- this
- srutah
- heard
- me
- by me
- varnitah
- described
- pura
- years ago
- brahmana
- by Brahma
- deva-devena
- the foremost of the demigods
- devanam
- by the demigods
- anuprcchatam
- asking.
This history of the fight between the Lord as a boar and the demon Hiranyaksa was heard by me in a year long ago as it was described by the foremost of the demigods, Brahma, when he was questioned by the other demigods.