### SB 1.4.20

> ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्धृताः ।\
> इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते ॥२०॥

> ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyā\
> vedāś catvāra uddhṛtāḥ\
> itihāsa-purāṇaṁ ca\
> pañcamo veda ucyate

*ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-atharva-ākhyāḥ*—the names of the four *Vedas*; *vedāḥ*—the *Vedas*; *catvāraḥ*—four; *uddhṛtāḥ*—made into separate parts; *itihāsa*—historical records (*Mahābhārata*); *purāṇam ca*—and the *Purāṇas*; *pañcamaḥ*—the fifth; *vedaḥ*—the original source of knowledge; *ucyate*—is said to be.

**The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Purāṇas are called the fifth Veda.**