Canto 3, Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Verse 40 (SB 3.12.40)
SB 3.12.40 • मूल श्लोक

षोडश्युक्थौ पूर्ववक्त्रात्पुरीष्यग्निष्टुतावथ । आप्तोर्यामातिरात्रौ च वाजपेयं सगोसवम् ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

ṣoḍaśy-ukthau pūrva-vaktrāt purīṣy-agniṣṭutāv atha āptoryāmātirātrau ca vājapeyaṁ sagosavam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ṣoḍaśī-ukthau — types of sacrifice; pūrva-vaktrāt — from the eastern mouth; purīṣi-agniṣṭutau — types of sacrifice; atha — then; āptoryāma-atirātrau — types of sacrifice; ca — and; vājapeyam — type of sacrifice; sa-gosavam — type of sacrifice.

Translation

“All the different varieties of fire sacrifices [ṣoḍaśī, uktha, purīṣi, agniṣṭoma, āptoryāma, atirātra, vājapeya and gosava] became manifested from the eastern mouth of Brahmā.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda