SB 3.12.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

विदुर उवाच
स वै विश्वसृजामीशो वेदादीन्मुखतो ऽसृजत् ।
यद्यद्येनासृजद्देवस् तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥ ३६ ॥

vidura uvaca

sa vai visva-srjam iso

vedadin mukhato 'srjat

yad yad yenasrjad devas

tan me brūhi tapodhana

viduraḥ uvaca-Vidura said; saḥ-he (Brahma); vai-certainly; visva-the universe; srjam-of those who created; isaḥ-the controller; veda-adin-the Vedas, etc.; mukhataḥ-from the mouth; asrjat-established; yat-that; yat-which; yena-by which; asrjat-created; devaḥ-the god; tat-that; me-unto me; brūhi-please explain; tapaḥ-dhana-O sage whose only wealth is penance.

TRANSLATION

Vidura said: O great sage whose only wealth is penance, kindly explain to me how and with whose help Brahma established the Vedic knowledge which emanated from his mouth.

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