🪷 ŚB 2.6.1

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

ब्रह्मोवाच वाचां वह्नेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातव: । हव्यकव्यामृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

brahmovāca vācāṁ vahner mukhaṁ kṣetraṁ chandasāṁ sapta dhātavaḥ havya-kavyāmṛtānnānāṁ jihvā sarva-rasasya ca
Synonyms
brahmā uvāca — Lord Brahmā said; vācām — of the voice; vahneḥ — of fire; mukham — the mouth; kṣetram — the generating center; chandasām — of the Vedic hymns, such as Gāyatrī; sapta — seven; dhātavaḥ — skin and six other layers; havya-kavya — offerings for the demigods and the forefathers; amṛta — food for human beings; annānām — of all sorts of foodstuffs; jihvā — the tongue; sarva — all; rasasya — of all delicacies; ca — also.

Translation

Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭ-puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.

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