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maitreya uvaca
rg-yajuh-samatharvakhyan
vedan purvadibhir mukhaih
sastram ijyam stuti-stomam
prayascittam vyadhat kramat
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvacaMaitreya said; rk-yajuh-sama-atharvathe four Vedas; akhyanof the name; vedanVedic literatures; purva-adibhihbeginning with the front; mukhaihby the mouths; sastramVedic hymns not pronounced before; ijyampriestly rituals; stuti-stomamthe subject matter of the reciters; prayascittamtranscendental activities; vyadhatestablished; kramatone after another.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahma, gradually the four VedasRk, Yajur, Sama and Atharvabecame manifest. Thereafter, Vedic hymns which had not been pronounced before, priestly rituals, the subject matters of the recitation, and transcendental activities were all established, one after another.
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