470 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 3, Ch. 12

performance of religious activities in terms of the social statuses and orders
of life. They are all clearly mentioned in the Vedic literatures and were
manifested by Brahma when the four Vedas were generated from his four
mouths. Thus the duties of humankind in terms of the statuses and social
orders were established to be observed by the civilized man. Those who
traditionally follow these principles are called Aryans, or progressive
human beings.

TEXT 36
fag sara
a 2 fraganien ea gadsaadl
TE Ay Tay SaeeH AT TUTTI

vidura uvaca
sa val visva-srjam iso
vedadin mukhato’srjat
yad yad yenasrjad devas
tan me bruhi tapodhana

vidurah uvaca—Vidura said; sah—he (Brahma); vai—certainly; visva
—the universe; srjam—of those who created; isah—the controller; veda-
adin—the Vedas, etc.; mukhatah—from the mouth; asrjat—established;
yat—that; yat— which; yena—by which;asrjat—created: devah—the god; tat--
that; me—unto me; briihi—please explain;tapah-dhana— O sage whose only
wealth is penance.

TRANSLATION

Vidura said: O great sage whose only wealth is penance, kindly explain
to me how and with whose help Brahmi established the Vedic knowledge
which emanated from his mouth.

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arafieat afta srafas anna TERS
