श्रीभगवानुवाच कालेन नष्टा प्रलये वाणीयं वेदसंज्ञिता । मयादौ ब्रह्मणे प्रोक्ता धर्मो यस्यां मदात्मक: ॥ ३ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca kālena naṣṭā pralaye vāṇīyaṁ veda-saṁjñitā mayādau brahmaṇe proktā dharmo yasyāṁ mad-ātmakaḥ
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- kālena
- by the influence of time
- naṣṭā
- lost
- pralaye
- at the time of annihilation
- vāṇī
- message
- iyam
- this
- veda-saṁjñitā
- consisting of the Vedas
- mayā
- by Me
- ādau
- at the time of creation
- brahmaṇe
- unto Lord Brahmā
- proktā
- spoken
- dharmaḥ
- religious principles
- yasyām
- in which
- mat-ātmakaḥ
- identical with Me
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: By the influence of time, the transcendental sound of Vedic knowledge was lost at the time of annihilation. Therefore, when the subsequent creation took place, I spoke the Vedic knowledge to Brahmā because I Myself am the religious principles enunciated in the Vedas.