SB 3.12.37
Devanāgarī
मैत्रेय उवाच ऋग्यजु:सामाथर्वाख्यान् वेदान् पूर्वादिभिर्मुखै: । शास्त्रमिज्यां स्तुतिस्तोमं प्रायश्चित्तं व्यधात्क्रमात् ॥ ३७ ॥
Text
maitreya uvāca ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyān vedān pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ śāstram ijyāṁ stuti-stomaṁ prāyaścittaṁ vyadhāt kramāt
Synonyms
maitreyaḥuvāca—Maitreya said;ṛk-yajuḥ-sāma-atharva—the fourVedas;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;prāyaścittam—transcendental activities;vyadhāt—established;kramāt—one after another.
Translation
Maitreya said: Beginning from the front face of Brahmā, gradually the four Vedas — Ṛk, Yajur, 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.