सः यथा आर्द्रैधाग्नेः अभ्याहितात् पृथक् धूमाः विनिश्चरन्ति एव वा अरे अस्य महतः भूतस्य निःश्वसितम् एतत् यद् ऋग्वेदः यजुर्वेदः सामवेदः अथर्वाङ्गिरसः इतिहासः पुराणम् विद्याः उपनिषदः श्लोकाः सूत्राणि अनुव्याख्यानानि व्याख्यानानि अस्य एव एतानि निश्वसितानि
saḥ yathā ārdraidhāgneḥ abhyāhitāt pṛthak dhūmāḥ viniścaranti eva vā are asya mahataḥ bhūtasya niḥśvasitam etat yad ṛgvedaḥ yajurvedaḥ sāmavedaḥ atharvāṅgirasaḥ itihāsaḥ purāṇam vidyāḥ upaniṣadaḥ ślokāḥ sūtrāṇi anuvyākhyānāni vyākhyānāni asya eva etāni niśvasitāni
as from a fire laid with damp fuel clouds of smoke go forth separately, so, my dear, from the breathing-out of this great Being came the Ṛg-veda, the Yajur-veda, the Sāma-veda, the Atharvāṅgirases, the histories, the purāṇas, the sciences, the upaniṣads, the verses, the sūtras, the expositions and the commentaries: all these are His breathings-out.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fourth image is smoke from a fire of damp wood: the clouds pour out of themselves, with no effort on the fire's part — so from "the great Being" (mahad bhūtam) all sacred knowledge was breathed out: the four Vedas, the epic, the purāṇas, the sciences, the upaniṣads, the sūtras, the commentaries. Niḥśvasitam — "an outbreath": the Veda is not composed, nor even "uttered" with effort — it is the breathing of God, as natural as the steam of breath on a cold morning.
This verse is the mainstay of the whole doctrine of apauruṣeya, the uncreatedness of the Veda, and at the same time the most intimate word said about it: scripture is not a granite tablet but the warm breath of the Living One; he who reads the Veda breathes air that came out of His breast. And note the breadth of the list: not the hymns only but histories and purāṇas, verses and commentaries; everything that honestly serves the truth is of the same breathing. The Bhāgavatam will claim the same right for itself: the ripened fruit of that same tree of the Vedas.