🪷 ŚB 3.22.2

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Sanskrit

मनुरुवाच ब्रह्मासृजत्स्वमुखतो युष्मानात्मपरीप्सया । छन्दोमयस्तपोविद्यायोगयुक्तानलम्पटान् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

manur uvāca brahmāsṛjat sva-mukhato yuṣmān ātma-parīpsayā chandomayas tapo-vidyā- yoga-yuktān alampaṭān
Synonyms
manuḥ — Manu; uvāca — said; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; asṛjat — created; sva-mukhataḥ — from his face; yuṣmān — you (brāhmaṇas); ātma-parīpsayā — to protect himself by expanding; chandaḥ-mayaḥ — the form of the Vedas; tapaḥ-vidyā-yoga-yuktān — full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power; alampaṭān — averse to sense gratification.

Translation

Manu replied: To expand himself in Vedic knowledge, Lord Brahmā, the personified Veda, from his face created you, the brāhmaṇas, who are full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power and are averse to sense gratification.

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