मैत्रेय उवाच ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्यान्वेदान्पूर्वादिभिर्मुखैः शास्त्रमिज्यां स्तुतिस्तोमं प्रायश्चित्तं व्यधात्क्रमात्
maitreya uvāca ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyān vedān pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ śāstram ijyāṁ stuti-stomaṁ prāyaś-cittaṁ vyadhāt kramāt
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca—Maitreya said; ṛk-yajuḥ-sāma-atharva—the four Vedas; ākhyān—of the name; vedān—Vedic literatures; pūrva-ādibhiḥ—beginning with the front; mukhaiḥ—by the mouths; śāstram—Vedic hymns not pronounced before; ijyām—priestly rituals; stuti-stomam—the subject matter of the reciters; prāyaḥ-cittam—transcendental activities; vyadhāt—established; kramāt—one after another..
Translation
Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahmā, gradually the four Vedas—Ṛk, Yajuḥ, 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.