Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

भूतसर्गम् अहंकारात् तृतीयं विद्धि पार्थिव अहंकारेषु नृपते चतुर्थं विद्धि वैकृतम् //

Translation

هذه الآية (الفصل 241، البيت 23) تُتلى بخشوع لفهم الدارما وتاريخ البورانا.

Speaker

• A teacher/narrator instructing a king (explicit vocatives: pārthiva, nṛpate).