Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 1: The Manus, Administrators of the Universe. Text 6

कृतं पुरा भगवतः कपिलस्यानुवर्णितम् ।
आख्यास्ये भगवान्यज्ञो यच्चकार कुरूद्वह ॥६॥

ká¹›taá¹ purÄ bhagavataḥ
kapilasyÄnuvarṇitam
ÄkhyÄsye bhagavÄn yajño
yac cakÄra kurÅ«dvaha

 ká¹›tam - already done; purÄ - before; bhagavataḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kapilasya - Kapila, the son of DevahÅ«ti; anuvarṇitam - fully described; ÄkhyÄsye - I shall describe now; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajñaḥ - of the name Yajñapati or YajñamÅ«rti; yat - whatever; cakÄra - executed; kuru-udvaha - O best of the Kurus.


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O best of the Kurus, I have already described [in the Third Canto] the activities of Kapila, the son of Devahūti. Now I shall describe the activities of Yajñapati, the son of Ākūti.

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