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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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TEXT 45
तस्योष्णिगासील्लोमभ्यो गायत्री च त्वचो विमोः। त्रिष्टुम्मांसात्स्तुतोऽनुष्टुञ्जगत्यस्थः प्रजापतेः॥४५॥
tasyoṣṇig āsū lomabhyo gāyatrī ca tvaco vibhoḥ triṣṭum māṁsāt snuto'nuṣṭub jagaty asthnaḥ prajāpateḥ
tasya—his; uṣṇik—one of the Vedic meters; āsū—generated; lomabhyaḥ—from the hairs on the body; gāyatrī—the principal Vedic hymn; ca—also; tvacaḥ—from the skin; vibhoḥ—of the lord; triṣṭubh—a particular type of poetic meter; māṁsāt—from the flesh; snutaḥ—from the sinews; anuṣṭabh—another type of poetic meter; jagati—another type of poetic meter; asthnaḥ—from the bones; prajāpateḥ—of the father of the living entities.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter the art of literary expression, uṣṇik, was generated from the hairs on the body of the almighty Prajāpati. The principal Vedic hymn, gāyatrī, was generated from the skin, triṣṭup from the flesh, anuṣṭup from the veins, and jagatī from the bones of the lord of the living entities.
TEXT 46
मज्जायाः पङ्क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽमवत् : ॥४६॥
majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannā bṛhatī prāṇato 'bhavat
majjāyāḥ—from the bone marrow; paṅktiḥ—the particular type of verse; utpannā—became manifested; bṛhatī—another type of verse; prāṇataḥ—out of the life breathing; abhavat—generated.