SB 1.4.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्धृताः ।
इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते ॥ २० ॥

rg-yajuh-samatharvakhya

vedas catvara uddhrtah

itihasa-puranam ca

pancamo veda ucyate

rg-yajuh-sama-atharva-akhyah-the names of the four Vedas; vedah-the Vedas; catvarah-four; uddhrtah-made into separate parts; itihasa-historical records (Mahabharata); puranam ca-and the Puranas; pancamah-the fifth; vedah-the original source of knowledge; ucyate-is 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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