Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.44
తేనాసౌ చతురో వేదాంశ్చతుర్భిర్వదనైర్విభు: ।
సవ్యాహృతికాన్ సోంకారాంశ్చాతుర్హోత్రవివక్షయా ॥ ౪౪ ॥
tenāsau caturo vedāṁś
[tenaasau chaturo vedaamsh]
caturbhir vadanair vibhuḥ
[chaturbhir vadanair vibhuh]
sa-vyāhṛtikān soṁkārāṁś
[sa-vyaahritikaan somkaaraamsh]
cātur-hotra-vivakṣayā
[chaatur-hotra-vivakshayaa]
Word-for-word
tena
—
with that body of sounds
asau
—
he
caturaḥ
—
the four
vedān
—
Vedas
caturbhiḥ
—
from his four
vadanaiḥ
—
faces
vibhuḥ
—
the all-powerful
sa-vyāhṛtikān
—
along with the vyāhṛtis (the invocations of the names of the seven planetary systems: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, mahaḥ, janaḥ, tapaḥ and satya)
sa-oṁkārān
—
along with the seed, om
cātuḥ-hotra
—
the four aspects of ritual sacrifice performed by the priests of each of the four Vedas
vivakṣayā
—
with the desire of describing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tenāsau caturo vedāṁś
tena
with that body of sounds
asau
he
caturaḥ
the four
vedān
Vedas
caturbhir vadanair vibhuḥ
caturbhiḥ
from his four
vadanaiḥ
faces
vibhuḥ
the all-powerful
sa-vyāhṛtikān soṁkārāṁś
sa-vyāhṛtikān
along with the vyāhṛtis (the invocations of the names of the seven planetary systems: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, mahaḥ, janaḥ, tapaḥ and satya)
cātur-hotra-vivakṣayā
sa-oṁkārān
along with the seed, om
cātuḥ-hotra
the four aspects of ritual sacrifice performed by the priests of each of the four Vedas
vivakṣayā
with the desire of describing.
All-powerful Brahmā made use of this collection of sounds to produce from his four faces the four Vedas, which appeared together with the sacred oṁkāra and the seven vyāhṛti invocations. His intention was to propagate the process of Vedic sacrifice according to the different functions performed by the priests of each of the four Vedas.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
By these sounds, all-powerful Brahmā produced from his four faces the four Vedas, which appeared together with the sacred oṁkāra and the seven vyāhṛti invocations, with a desire to create the four sacrificial activities.
By this group of sounds (tena) Brahmā created the four Vedas.
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