### SB 3.14.7

> अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णितः पुरा ।\
> ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम् ॥७॥

> athātrāpītihāso 'yaṁ\
> śruto me varṇitaḥ purā\
> brahmaṇā deva-devena\
> devānām anupṛcchatām

*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.

**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.**