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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.37
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 37
- maitreya uvāca
- ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyān
- vedān pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ
- śāstram ijyāṁ stuti-stomaṁ
- prāyaścittaṁ vyadhāt kramāt
maitreyaḥMaitreya said uvācaMaitreya said — Maitreya said; ṛkthe four Vedas-yajuḥthe four Vedas-sāmathe four Vedas-atharvathe four Vedas — the four Vedas; ākhyānof the name — of the name; vedānVedic literatures — Vedic literatures; pūrvabeginning with the front-ādibhiḥbeginning with the front — beginning with the front; mukhaiḥby the mouths — by the mouths; śāstramVedic hymns not pronounced before — Vedic hymns not pronounced before; ijyāmpriestly rituals — priestly rituals; stutithe subject matter of the reciters-stomamthe subject matter of the reciters — the subject matter of the reciters; prāyaścittamtranscendental activities — transcendental activities; vyadhātestablished — established; kramātone after another — one after another.
Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahmā, gradually the four Vedas—Ṛk, Yajur, Sāma and Atharva—became manifest. Thereafter, Vedic hymns which had not been pronounced before, priestly rituals, the subject matters of the recitation, and transcendental activities were all established, one after another.