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Chapter 12.194 - Verse 3

Sanskrit Text

प्रजापतिं श्रेष्ठतमं पृथिव्यां; देवर्षिसंघप्रवरो महर्षिः बृहस्पतिः प्रश्नमिमं पुराणं; पप्रच्छ शिष्योऽथ गुरुं प्रणम्य

English Translation

In days of yore, the foremost of celestial Rishis, viz., Brihaspati, who was a disciple of Manu bowed to his preceptor and addressing that king and first of all creatures, said,-What is the origin of the universe? Whence have the ordinances originated? What are those fruits attributed by the learned to Knowledge? Tell me also truly, O illustrious one, what is that which the Vedas have not been able to show?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्रजापतिं | श्रेष्ठतमं | पृथिव्यां | देवर्षि + संघ + प्रवर | महत् + ऋषि
बृहस्पतिः | प्रश्नम् | इमं | पुराणं | पप्रच्छ | शिष्यो | ऽथ | गुरुं | प्रणम्य