bhagavaty arpitādhyātmas
evam ugraśravāḥ pṛṣṭa
ṛṣibhir naimiṣāyanaiḥ
bhagavaty arpitādhyātmas
tān āha śrūyatām iti
When asked by the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, Sūta, concentrating his mind on the Lord, then said, “Please listen.”
Adhyātmam means mind.
|| 3.20.8||
sūta uvāca
harer dhṛta-kroḍa-tanoḥ sva-māyayā
niśamya gor uddharaṇaṁ rasātalāt
līlāṁ hiraṇyākṣam avajñayā hataṁ
sañjāta-harṣo munim āha bhārataḥ
Sūta said: O sages! Hearing how Varāha lifted the earth from the Garbhodaka Ocean with complete sincerity and casually killed Hiraṇyākṣa, Vidura, with hairs standing on end, inquired from Maitreya.
Sv-amāyayā means “with no deceit at all.” The Lord eternally is situated (dhṛta) in the form of the boar. Dhṛta belongs to the tud-ādi class of verbs and means “situated.” Go means “of the earth.” Bhārataḥ means Vidura.
|| 3.20.9||
vidura uvāca
prajāpati-patiḥ sṛṣṭvā
prajā-sarge prajāpatīn
kim ārabhata me brahman
prabrūhy avyakta-mārga-vit
Vidura said: O brāhmaṇa! Knower of the truth about the Lord! Please tell me what Brahmā did after creating the Prajāpatis.
|| 3.20.10||
ye marīcy-ādayo viprā
yas tu svāyambhuvo manuḥ
te vai brahmaṇa ādeśāt
katham etad abhāvayan
How did the brāhmaṇas headed by Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu create the living beings according to the order of Brahmā?
How did they create (abhāvayan) the universe?
|| 3.20.11||
sa-dvitīyāḥ kim asṛjan
svatantrā uta karmasu
āho svit saṁhatāḥ sarva
idaṁ sma samakalpayan
How did they create along with their wives? Did they do this independently or together?
Sadvitīyāḥ means “with their wives.” Did they do creation (karmaṣu) so without depending on others or did they do so depending on many others?
|| 3.20.12||
maitreya uvāca
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