गत्वा त्रिभुवन श्रेष्ठं पितामहमुवाच ह। भगवन्ब्रह्मलोकोऽयं क्षुत्पिपासाविवर्जितः॥ कस्यायं कर्मणः पाकः क्षुत्पिपासानुगो ह्यहम्। आहारः कश्च मे देव तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥
gatvā tribhuvana śreṣṭhaṃ pitāmahamuvāca ha| bhagavanbrahmaloko'yaṃ kṣutpipāsāvivarjitaḥ|| kasyāyaṃ karmaṇaḥ pākaḥ kṣutpipāsānugo hyaham| āhāraḥ kaśca me deva tanme brūhi pitāmaha ||
English Meaning
There upon approaching the patriarch Brahma, the lord of three worlds, I said: O lord, here there is no hunger or thirst; still why have I been brought to their control? Of what iniquity of mine is this fruit? O deity, tell me upon what I shall live.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)