SB 12.6.43
Devanāgarī
ततोऽक्षरसमाम्नायमसृजद् भगवानज: । अन्तस्थोष्मस्वरस्पर्शह्रस्वदीर्घादिलक्षणम् ॥ ४३ ॥
Text
tato ’kṣara-samāmnāyam asṛjad bhagavān ajaḥ antasthoṣma-svara-sparśa- hrasva-dīrghādi-lakṣaṇam
Synonyms
tataḥ—from thatoṁkāra;akṣara—of the different sounds;samāmnāyam—the total collection;asṛjat—created;bhagavān—the powerful demigod;ajaḥ—unborn Brahmā;anta-stha—as the semivowels;uṣma—sibilants;svara—vowels;sparśa—and consonant stops;hrasva-dīrgha—in short and long forms;ādi—and so on;lakṣaṇam—characterized.
Translation
From that oṁkāra Lord Brahmā created all the sounds of the alphabet — the vowels, consonants, semivowels, sibilants and others — distinguished by such features as long and short measure.