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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.38
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 38
- āyur-vedaṁ dhanur-vedaṁ
- gāndharvaṁ vedam ātmanaḥ
- sthāpatyaṁ cāsṛjad vedaṁ
- kramāt pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ
āyuḥmedical science-vedammedical science — medical science; dhanuḥmilitary science-vedammilitary science — military science; gāndharvammusical art — musical art; vedamthey are all Vedic knowledge — they are all Vedic knowledge; ātmanaḥof his own — of his own; sthāpatyamarchitectural — architectural; caalso — also; asṛjatcreated — created; vedamknowledge — knowledge; kramātrespectively — respectively; pūrvabeginning from the front face-ādibhiḥbeginning from the front face — beginning from the front face; mukhaiḥby the mouths — by the mouths.
He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face.
The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge necessary for the human society, not only on this particular planet but on other planets as well. It is understood that military art is also necessary knowledge for the upkeep of social order, as is the art of music. All these groups of knowledge are called the Upapurāṇa, or supplements of the Vedas. Spiritual knowledge is the main topic of the Vedas, but to help the human being's spiritual pursuit of knowledge, the other information, as above mentioned, forms necessary branches of the Vedic knowledge.