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  "name":"SB 3.12.38",
  "h1":"SB 3.12.38",
  "label":"Text 38",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.38",
  "description":"He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face."

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SB 3.12.38

आयुर्वेदं धनुर्वेदं गान्धर्वं वेदमात्मनः ।
स्थापत्यं चासृजद्वेदं क्रमात्पूर्वादिभिर्मुखैः ॥३८॥

Text

āyur-vedaṁ dhanur-vedaṁ
gāndharvaṁ vedam ātmanaḥ
sthāpatyaṁ cāsṛjad vedaṁ
kramāt pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ

Synonyms

āyuḥ-vedam—medical science; dhanuḥ-vedam—military science; gāndharvam—musical art; vedam—they are all Vedic knowledge; ātmanaḥ—of his own; sthāpatyam—architectural; ca—also; asṛjat—created; vedam—knowledge; kramāt—respectively; pūrva-ādibhiḥ—beginning from the front face; mukhaiḥ—by the mouths.

Translation

He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face.

Purport

The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge necessary for the human society, not only on this particular planet but on other planets as well. It is understood that military art is also necessary knowledge for the upkeep of social order, as is the art of music. All these groups of knowledge are called the Upapurāṇa, or supplements of the Vedas. Spiritual knowledge is the main topic of the Vedas, but to help the human being's spiritual pursuit of knowledge, the other information, as above mentioned, forms necessary branches of the Vedic knowledge.