TEXT 20
rg-yajuh-samatharvakhya
vedas catvara uddhrtah
itihasa-puranam ca
pancamo veda ucyate
SYNONYMS
rg-yajuh-sama-atharva-akhyahthe names of the four Vedas; vedahthe Vedas; catvarahfour; uddhrtahmade into separate parts; itihasahistorical records (Mahabharata); puranam caand the Puranas; pancamahthe fifth; vedahthe original source of knowledge; ucyateis said to be.
TRANSLATION
The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Puranas are called the fifth Veda.

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