Book 11: Chapter 21
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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 11: Chapter 21: Verses 41-43
Some of these metres are (respectively known by the names of) Gayatri t, Usnik, Anustubh, Brhati, Pankti, Tristubh, Jagati, Aticchanda, Atyasti, Atijagati and Ativirat. None in the world other than Me knows the heart (hidden meaning) of this (sacred) speech (in the form of Veda)-as to what it lays down (in the section dealing with ritual acts), what it reveals (through the various Mantras or sacred texts in the section dealing with the worship of gods) and what it puts forward by way of hypothesis and (then) calls it in question (in the section dealing with spiritual knowledge). Me (alone in the form of Yajna) it enjoins (in the Karmakanda); Me (alone in the form of various deities) it names (in the Devatakanda); (nay,) whatever (objective existence such as ether) is superimposed on Me (first) and (then) negatived (in the Jnanakanda) is also Myself. Taking its stand on Me (as the Cause of all causes and the highest Reality) the Veda posits diversity as a mere illusion and (then), denying it, ultimately becomes quiet. This much is the import of' all the Vedas. [1] Thus ends the twenty-first discourse in Book Eleven of the great and
glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita |
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References
- ↑ The twenty-five consonants. and a are collectively knownas the sibilants and are known as vowels; v. , a, and are called the aspirants; while , and a areknown as the Antahsthas.+ Of these the Gayatri consists of 24 letters, Usnik, of 28: Anustubh, of 32 and so on
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