वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान्रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रह: । प्रत्याददे वै कवयेऽभियाचतेतस्मै नमस्तेऽवितथेहिताय इति ॥ ६ ॥
vedan yugante tamasa tiraskrtan rasatalad yo nr-turanga-vigrahah pratyadade vai kavaye ’bhiyacate tasmai namas te ’vitathehitaya iti
- vedan
- the four Vedas
- yuga-ante
- at the end of the millennium
- tamasa
- by the demon of ignorance personified
- tiraskrtan
- stolen away
- rasatalat
- from the lowest planetary system (Rasatala)
- yah
- who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- nr-turanga-vigrahah
- assuming the form of half-horse, half-man
- pratyadade
- returned
- vai
- indeed
- kavaye
- to the supreme poet (Lord Brahma)
- abhiya-cate
- when he asked for them
- tasmai
- unto Him (the form of Hayagriva)
- namah
- my respectful obeisances
- te
- to You
- avitatha-ihitaya
- whose resolution never fails
- iti
- thus
At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the Vedas and took them down to the plane of Rasatala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of Hayagriva retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahma when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.