Varaha Purana 49.18: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 18
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
एवमुक्ते ततो राजा कृताञ्जलिरभाषत । न जानीमो वयं ब्रह्मन् प्रश्नमेतत् त्वयेरितम् । कथयस्व महाभाग यद्यनुग्रहकृद् भवान् ॥ ४९.१८ ॥
evam ukte tato rājā kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata | na jānīmo vayaṃ brahman praśnam etat tvayeritam | kathayasva mahābhāga yady anugrahakṛd bhavān || 49.18 ||
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ രാജാവ് കൈകൂപ്പി പറഞ്ഞു: "ബ്രാഹ്മണോത്തമാ, അങ്ങ് ചോദിച്ച ഈ ചോദ്യം ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് മനസ്സിലാകുന്നില്ല. മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനായ അങ്ങ് അനുഗ്രഹിക്കാൻ തയ്യാറാണെങ്കിൽ ഇത് വിശദീകരിച്ചാലും."
Rājā (King; interlocutor—exact identity not specified in excerpt)
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