त्रेतामुखे महाभाग प्राणान्मे हृदयात्त्रयी । विद्या प्रादुरभूत्तस्या अहमासं त्रिवृन्मख: ॥ १२ ॥
tretā-mukhe mahā-bhāga prāṇān me hṛdayāt trayī vidyā prādurabhūt tasyā aham āsaṁ tri-vṛn makhaḥ
- tretā-mukhe
- at the beginning of Tretā-yuga
- mahā-bhāga
- O greatly fortunate one
- prāṇāt
- from the abode of prāṇa, or the life air
- me
- My
- hṛdayāt
- from the heart
- trayī
- the threefold
- vidyā
- Vedic knowledge
- prādurabhūt
- appeared
- tasyāḥ
- from that knowledge
- aham
- I
- āsam
- appeared
- tri-vṛt
- in three divisions
- makhaḥ
- sacrifice
O greatly fortunate one, at the beginning of Tretā-yuga Vedic knowledge appeared from My heart, which is the abode of the air of life, in three divisions — as Ṛg, Sāma and Yajur. Then from that knowledge I appeared as threefold sacrifice.