536 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14
atha—now; atra—in this matter; api—also ; itihdsah—history ; ayam—this;
srutah—heard; me—by me; varnitah—described; purd—years ago; brahmana
—by Brahma; deva-devena—the foremost of the demigods; devanam—by
the demigods; anuprechatam—asking.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 8
Rahat aaah wert aq |
TTI THA AT TeHATsaT I II
ditir daksayant ksattar
maricam kasyapam patim
apatya-kama cakame
sandhyayam hre-chayardita
ditih—Diti; daksdyani—the daughter of Daksa; ksattah—O Vidura;
maricam—the son of Marici; kasyapam—Kasyapa; patim—her hus-
band; apatya-kama—desirous of having a child; cakame—longed for;
sandhyayam—in the evening; hrt-saya—by sex desires; ardita— distressed.
TRANSLATION
Diti, daughter of Daksa, being afflicted with sex desire, begged her
husband, Kagyapa, the son of Marici, to have intercourse with her in the
evening in order to beget a child.
TEXT 9
wating wr ged aaTt ofa |
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PRAISE AAA TATETT IS I
istvagni-jihvam payasa
purusam yajusam patim
nimlocaty arka astnam
agnyagare samahitam
istud—after worshiping; agni—fire ; jihvam—tongue; payasa—by oblation;
purusam—unto the Supreme Person; yajusam—of all sacrifices; patim—
