श्रीअङ्गिरा उवाच
अहं ते पुत्रकामस्य पुत्रदोऽस्म्यङ्गिरा नृप ।
एष ब्रह्मसुतः साक्षान्नारदो भगवानृषिः ॥१७॥

śrī-aṅgirā uvāca
ahaṁ te putra-kāmasya
putrado 'smy aṅgirā nṛpa
eṣa brahma-sutaḥ sākṣān
nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ

 śrī-aṅgirāḥ uvāca - the great sage Aṅgirā said; aham - I; te - of you; putra-kāmasya - desiring to have a son; putra-daḥ - the giver of the son; asmi - am; aṅgirāḥ - Aṅgirā Ṛṣi; nṛpa - O King; eṣaḥ - this; brahma-sutaḥ - the son of Lord Brahmā; sākṣāt - directly; nāradaḥ - Nārada Muni; bhagavān - the most powerful; ṛṣiḥ - sage.


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Aṅgirā said: My dear King, when you desired to have a son, I approached you. Indeed, I am the same Aṅgirā Ṛṣi who gave you this son. As for this ṛṣi, he is the great sage Nārada, the direct son of Lord Brahmā.

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