SB 12.6.43
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 43
tato 'kṣara-samāmnāyam
asṛjad bhagavān ajaḥ
antasthoṣma-svara-sparśa-
hrasva-dīrghādi-lakṣaṇam
SYNONYMS
tataḥ—from that oṁkāra; akṣara-of the different sounds; samāmnāyam—the total collection; asṛjat—created; bhagavān—the powerful demigod; ajaḥ—unborn Brahmā; anta-stha—as the semivowels; uṣma—sibilants; svara—vowels; sparśa—and consonant stops; hrasva-dīrgha—in short and long forms; ādi—and so on; lakṣaṇam—characterized.
TRANSLATION
From that oṁkāra Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet—the vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others—distinguished by such features as long and short measure.