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SB 3.12.46

Devanāgarī

मज्जाया: पङ्‌क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽभवत् ॥ ४६ ॥

Text

majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannā bṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat

Synonyms

majjāyāḥ—from the bone marrow;paṅktiḥ—a particular type of verse;utpannā—became manifested;bṛhatī—another type of verse;prāṇataḥ—out of the life-breathing;abhavat—generated.

Translation

The art of writing verse, paṅkti, became manifested from the bone marrow, and that of bṛhatī, another type of verse, was generated from the life-breath of the lord of the living entities.

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