TEXT 38
ayur-vedam dhanur-vedam
gandharvam vedam atmanah
sthapatyam casrjad vedam
kramat purvadibhir mukhaih
SYNONYMS
ayuh-vedammedical science; dhanuh-vedammilitary science; gandharvammusical art; vedamthey are all Vedic knowledge; atmanahof his own; sthapatyamarchitectural; caalso; asrjatcreated; vedamknowledge; kramatrespectively; purva-adibhihbeginning from the front face; mukhaihby the mouths.
TRANSLATION
He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face.
PURPORT
The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge for the human society, not only on this particular planet but on other planets as well. It is understood that military art is also necessary knowledge for the upkeep of social order, as is the art of music. All these groups of knowledge are called the Upapurana, or supplements of the Vedas. Spiritual knowledge is the main topic of the Vedas, but to help the human beings spiritual pursuit of knowledge, the other information, as above mentioned, forms necessary branches of the Vedic knowledge.
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