Shiva Purana

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॥ विष्णुरुवाच ॥ कस्माद्धेतोरिति मतिस्तव जाता पितामह ॥ सर्वं विचार्य सुधिया ब्रह्मन् सत्यं हि तद्वद ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

Viṣṇu said: O Brahmā, how is it that such an idea entered into your mind? Considering everything sensibly tell me the truth.

english translation

॥ viSNuruvAca ॥ kasmAddhetoriti matistava jAtA pitAmaha ॥ sarvaM vicArya sudhiyA brahman satyaM hi tadvada ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/30/19

॥ विष्णुरुवाच ॥ कस्माद्धेतोरिति मतिस्तव जाता पितामह ॥ सर्वं विचार्य सुधिया ब्रह्मन् सत्यं हि तद्वद ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

Viṣṇu said: O Brahmā, how is it that such an idea entered into your mind? Considering everything sensibly tell me the truth.

english translation

॥ viSNuruvAca ॥ kasmAddhetoriti matistava jAtA pitAmaha ॥ sarvaM vicArya sudhiyA brahman satyaM hi tadvada ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript