# SB 3.14.7
> अथात्रापीतिहासोऽयं श्रुतो मे वर्णितः पुरा ।
> ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन देवानामनुपृच्छताम् ॥७॥
## 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.**