Canto & Chapters
The Age of Deterioration (13 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Canto 12, Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Verse 50 (SB 12.6.50)
SB 12.6.50 • मूल श्लोक
ऋगथर्वयजु:साम्नां राशीरुद्धृत्य वर्गश: । चतस्र: संहिताश्चक्रे मन्त्रैर्मणिगणा इव ॥ ५० ॥
Transliteration
ṛg-atharva-yajuḥ-sāmnāṁ rāśīr uddhṛtya vargaśaḥ catasraḥ saṁhitāś cakre mantrair maṇi-gaṇā iva
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
ṛk-atharva-yajuḥ-sāmnām — of the Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas; rāśīḥ — the accumulation (of mantras); uddhṛtya — separating out; vargaśaḥ — in specific categories; catasraḥ — four; saṁhitāḥ — collections; cakre — he made; mantraiḥ — with the mantras; maṇi-gaṇāḥ — gems; iva — just as.
Translation
“Śrīla Vyāsadeva separated the mantras of the Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas into four divisions, just as one sorts out a mixed collection of jewels into piles. Thus he composed four distinct Vedic literatures.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaWhen Lord Brahmā first spoke the four Vedas with his four mouths, the mantras were mixed together like an unsorted collection of various types of jewels. Śrīla Vyāsadeva sorted the Vedic mantras into four divisions (saṁhitās), which thus became the recognizable Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas.