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Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

Verse 40 of 57
SB 3.12.40

षोडश्युक्थौ पूर्ववक्त्रात्पुरीष्यग्निष्टुतावथ आप्तोर्यामातिरात्रौ च वाजपेयं सगोसवम्

ṣoḍaśy-ukthau pūrva-vaktrāt purīṣy-agniṣṭutāv atha āptoryāmātirātrau ca vājapeyaṁ sagosavam

Synonyms

ṣoḍaśī-ukthautypes of sacrifices; pūrva-vaktrātfrom the eastern mouth; purīṣi-agniṣṭutautypes of sacrifices; athathen; āptoryāma-atirātrautypes of sacrifices; caand; vājapeyamtype of sacrifice; sagosavamtype 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.

Verse 40 of 57
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