SB 3.14.7 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

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

Verse text

athātrāpītihāso ’yaṁ śruto me varṇitaḥ purā brahmaṇā deva-devena devānām anupṛcchatām

Synonyms

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 .

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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.