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सूत उवाच । शृण्वंतु ऋषयः सर्वे पुराणं वेदसारजम् । पुरा कालेन महता कल्पेऽतीते पुनःपुनः ६ ।
Sūta said: Let all the sages listen to the Purāṇa, which is the essence of the Vedas, From ancient times, in great epochs, it has been repeated again and again.
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अस्मिन्नुपस्थिते कल्पे प्रवृत्ते सृष्टिकर्मणि । मुनीनां षट्कुलीनानां ब्रुवतामितरेतरम् ७ ।
In this particular cycle, when the process of creation begins, The sages of the six lineages (ṣaṭkulīna) are speaking to one another.
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इदं परमिदं नेति विवादः सुमहानभूत् । तेऽभिजग्मुर्विधातारं ब्रह्माणं प्रष्टुमव्ययम् ८ ।
This is the supreme, no, this is not the supreme—such a great debate arose, They approached the Creator, Brahman, to question Him, the Imperishable.
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वाग्भिर्विनयगर्भाभिः सर्वे प्रांजलयोऽब्रुवन् । त्वं हि सर्वजगद्धाता सर्वकारणकारणम् ९ ।
All of them with palms joined in reverence addressed him with words couched in humility—“Thou art the creator of the entire universe, the cause of all causes.
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कः पुमान्सर्वतत्त्वेभ्यः पुराणः परतः परः । ब्रह्मोवाच । यतो वाचो निवर्तंते अप्राप्य मनसा सह 1-3-१० ।
Who is the person beyond all principles and the highest of the Purāṇas, the one who transcends all?" Brahma said: "From where speech (vāk) returns, unable to reach, along with the mind, that is the supreme.
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