Chapter 17
त्रेतामुखे महाभाग प्राणान्मे हृदयात्त्रयी । विद्या प्रादुरभूत्तस्या अहमासं त्रिवृन्मख: ॥ १२ ॥
Transliteration
tretā-mukhe mahā-bhāga prāṇān me hṛdayāt trayī vidyā prādurabhūt tasyā aham āsaṁ tri-vṛn makhaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.
Translation
“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.”