मैत्रेय उवाच ऋग्यजु:सामाथर्वाख्यान् वेदान् पूर्वादिभिर्मुखै: । शास्त्रमिज्यां स्तुतिस्तोमं प्रायश्चित्तं व्यधात्क्रमात् ॥ ३७ ॥
maitreya uvaca rg-yajuh-samatharvakhyan vedan purvadibhir mukhaih sastram ijyam stuti-stomam prayascittam vyadhat kramat
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya said
- rk-yajuh-sama-atharva
- the four Vedas
- akhyan
- of the name
- vedan
- Vedic literatures
- purva-adibhih
- beginning with the front
- mukhaih
- by the mouths
- sastram
- Vedic hymns not pronounced before
- ijyam
- priestly rituals
- stuti-stomam
- the subject matter of the reciters
- prayascittam
- transcendental activities
- vyadhat
- established
- kramat
- one after another.
Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahma, gradually the four Vedas—Rk, Yajur, Sama 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.