SB 12.6.44

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.43 - SB 12.6.45

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 44

tenāsau caturo vedāṁś

caturbhir vadanair vibhuḥ

sa-vyāhṛtikān soṁkārāṁś

cātur-hotra-vivakṣayā

SYNONYMS

tena—with that body of sounds; asau—he; caturaḥ—the four; vedān—Vedas; caturbhiḥ—from his four; vadanaiḥ—faces; vibhuḥ—the all-powerful; sa-vyāhṛtikān—along with the vyāhṛtis (the invocations of the names of the seven planetary systems: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, mahaḥ, janaḥ, tapaḥ and satya); sa-oṁkārān—along with the seed, oṁ; cātuḥ-hotra—the four aspects of ritual sacrifice performed by the priests of each of the four Vedas; vivakṣayā—with the desire of describing.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

All-powerful Brahmā made use of this collection of sounds to produce from his four faces the four Vedas, which appeared together with the sacred oṁkāra and the seven vyāhṛti invocations. His intention was to propagate the process of Vedic sacrifice according to the different functions performed by the priests of each of the four Vedas.

SB 12.6.43 - SB 12.6.45