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vedan yugante tamasa tiraskrtan
rasatalad yo nr-turanga-vigrahah
pratyadade vai kavaye bhiyacate
tasmai namas te vitathehitaya iti
SYNONYMS
vedanthe four Vedas; yuga-anteat the end of the millennium; tamasaby the demon of ignorance personified; tiraskrtanstolen away; rasatalatfrom the lowest planetary system (Rasatala); yahwho (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nr-turanga-vigrahahassuming the form of half-horse, half-man; pratyadadereturned; vaiindeed; kavayeto the supreme poet (Lord Brahma); abhiya-catewhen he asked for them; tasmaiunto Him (the form of Hayagriva); namahmy respectful obeisances; teto You; avitatha-ihitayawhose resolution never fails; itithus.
TRANSLATION
At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the Vedas and took them down to the planet of Rasatala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of Hayagriva retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahma when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.
PURPORT
Although Vedic knowledge is imperishable, within this material world it is sometimes manifest and sometimes not. When the people of this material world become too absorbed in ignorance, the Vedic knowledge disappears. Lord Hayagriva or Lord Matsya, however, always protects the Vedic knowledge, and in due course of time it is again distributed through the medium of Lord Brahma. Brahma is the trustworthy representative of the Supreme Lord. Therefore when he again asked for the treasure of Vedic knowledge, the Lord fulfilled his desire.
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