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ॐ ब्रह्मा देवानां प्रथमः संबभूव विश्वस्य कर्ता
भुवनस्य गोप्ता ।
स ब्रह्मविद्यां सर्वविद्याप्रतिष्ठामथर्वाय
ज्येष्ठपुत्राय प्राह
oṃ brahmā devānāṃ prathamaḥ saṃbabhūva viśvasya kartā
bhuvanasya goptā |
sa brahmavidyāṃ sarvavidyāpratiṣṭhāmatharvāya
jyeṣṭhaputrāya prāha
Brahmâ was the first of the Devas, the maker of the universe, the preserver of the world. He told the knowlede of Brahman, the foundation of all knowledge, to his eldest son Atharva.
Translated by F. Max Müller
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1.1.1 ॐ ब्रह्मा देवानां प्रथमः संबभूव विश्वस्य कर्ता 1.1.2 अथर्वणे यां प्रवदेत ब्रह्माऽथर्वा तं 1.1.3 शौनको ह वै महाशालोऽङ्गिरसं विधिवदुपसन्नः पप्रच्छ । 1.1.4 तस्मै स होवाच । 1.1.5 तत्रापरा ऋग्वेदो यजुर्वेदः सामवेदोऽथर्ववेदः 1.1.6 यत्तदद्रेश्यमग्राह्यमगोत्रमवर्ण- 1.1.7 यथोर्णनाभिः सृजते गृह्णते च 1.1.8 तपसा चीयते ब्रह्म ततोऽन्नमभिजायते । 1.1.9 यः सर्वज्ञः सर्वविद्यस्य ज्ञानमयं तापः । Which verse says this?
Brahmâ was the first of the Devas, the maker of the universe, the preserver of the world. He told the knowlede of Brahman, the foundation of all knowledge, to his eldest son Atharva.
Translated by F. Max Müller
ॐ ब्रह्मा देवानां प्रथमः संबभूव विश्वस्य कर्ता भुवनस्य गोप्ता । तपसा चीयते ब्रह्म ततोऽन्नमभिजायते । अन्नात् प्राणो मनः सत्यं लोकाः कर्मसु चामृतम् अथर्वणे यां प्रवदेत ब्रह्माऽथर्वा तं पुरोवाचाङ्गिरे ब्रह्मविद्याम् । See also: Puzzles · Ask the texts A library of Sanskrit texts, held as their editions give them, with a search and a study companion that quote only what is held.
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