SB 3.12.40

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

SB 3.12.39 - SB 3.12.41

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 40

ṣoḍaśy-ukthau pūrva-vaktrāt

purīṣy-agniṣṭutāv atha

āptoryāmātirātrau ca

vājapeyaṁ sagosavam

SYNONYMS

ṣoḍaśī-ukthau—types of sacrifice; pūrva-vaktrāt—from the eastern mouth; purīṣi-agniṣṭutau—types of sacrifice; atha—then; āptoryāma-atirātrau—types of sacrifice; ca—and; vājapeyam—type of sacrifice; sa-gosavam—type of sacrifice.

TRANSLATION

All the different varieties of fire sacrifices [ṣoḍaśī, uktha, purīṣi, agniṣṭoma, āptoryāma, atirātra, vājapeya and gosava] became manifested from the eastern mouth of Brahmā.

SB 3.12.39 - SB 3.12.41