Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varaha. Text 20

मरीचिप्रमुखैर्विप्रैः कुमारैर्मनुना सह ।
दृष्ट्वा तत्सौकरं रूपं तर्कयामास चित्रधा ॥२०॥

marīci-pramukhair vipraiḥ
kumÄrair manunÄ saha
dṛṣṭvÄ tat saukaraá¹ rÅ«paá¹
tarkayÄm Äsa citradhÄ

 marÄ«ci - the great sage MarÄ«ci; pramukhaiḥ - headed by; vipraiḥ - all brÄhmaṇas; kumÄraiḥ - with the four KumÄras; manunÄ - and with Manu; saha - with; dṛṣṭvÄ - seeing; tat - that; saukaram - appearance like a boar; rÅ«pam - form; tarkayÄm Äsa - argued among themselves; citradhÄ - in various ways.


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Struck with wonder at observing the wonderful boarlike form in the sky, BrahmÄ, with great brÄhmaṇas like MarÄ«ci, as well as the KumÄras and Manu, began to argue in various ways.

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