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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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maitreya uvāca ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyān vedān pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ śāstram ijyām stuti-stomam prāyaś-cittam vyadhāt kramāt
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya said;  ṛk-yajuḥ-sāma-atharva —the four Vedas;  ākhyān —of the name;  vedān —Vedic literatures;  pūrva-ādibhiḥ —beginning with the front;  mukhaiḥ —by the mouths;  śāstram —Vedic hymns not pronounced before;  ijyām —priestly rituals;  stuti-stomam —the subject matter of the reciters;  prāyaḥ-cittam —transcendental activities;  vyadhāt —established;  kramāt —one after another.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya said:  Beginning from the front face of Brahmā, gradually the four Vedas—Rk, Yajuḥ, Sāma and Atharva—became manifest. Thereafter, Vedic hymns which had not been pronounced before, priestly rituals, the subject matters of the recitation, and transcendental activities were all established, one after another.
TEXT 38
आयुर्वेदं धनुर्वेदं गान्धर्वं वेदमात्मनः। स्थापत्यं चासृजद् वेदं क्रमात्पूर्वादिभिर्युत्तैः ॥३८॥
āyur-vedam dhanur-vedam gāndharvam vedam ātmanaḥ sthāpatyam cāsṛjad vedam kramāt pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ
āyuḥ-vedam —medical science;  dhanuḥ-vedam —military science;  gāndharvam —musical art;  vedam —they are all Vedic knowledge;  ātmanaḥ —of his own;  sthāpatyam —architectural;  ca —also;  asṛjat —created;  vedam —knowledge;  kramāt —respectively;  pūrva-ādibhiḥ —beginning from the front face;  mukhaiḥ —mouth.
TRANSLATION
He also created the medical science, military art, musical art, and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face.