ṛgvedaṃ bhagavo ’dhyemi yajurvedaṃ sāmavedam ātharvaṇaṃ caturtham itihāsapurāṇaṃ pañcamaṃ vedānāṃ vedaṃ pitryaṃ rāśiṃ daivaṃ nidhiṃ vākovākyam ekāyanaṃ devavidyāṃ brahmavidyāṃ bhūtavidyāṃ kṣatravidyāṃ nakṣatravidyāṃ sarpadevajanavidyām etad bhagavo ’dhyemi ||
2. Narada said: 'I know the Rig-veda, Sir, the Yagur-veda, the Sama-veda, as the fourth the Atharvana, as the fifth the Itihasa-purana (the Bharata); the Veda of the Vedas (grammar); the Pitrya (the rules for the sacrifices for the ancestors); the Rasi (the science of numbers); the Daiva (the science of portents); the Nidhi (the science of time); the Vakovikya (logic); the Ekayana (ethics); the Devavidya (etymology); the Brahma-vidya (pronunciation, siksha, ceremonial, kalpa, prosody, khandas); the Bhuta-vidya (the science of demons); the Kshatra-vidya (the science of weapons); the Nakshatra-vidya (astronomy); the Sarpa and Devagana-vidya (the science of serpents or poisons, and the sciences of the genii, such as the making of perfumes, dancing, singing, playing, and other fine arts). All this I know, Sir.
ṛgvedaṃ bhagavo ’dhyemi smarāmi yadvettheti vijñānasya pṛṣṭatvāt | tathā yajurvedaṃ sāmavedamātharvaṇaṃ caturthaṃ vedaṃ vedaśabdasya prakṛtatvāditihāsapurāṇaṃ pañcamaṃ vedaṃ vedānāṃ bhāratapañcamānāṃ vedaṃ vyākaraṇamityarthaḥ | vyākaraṇena hi padādivibhāgaśa ṛgvedādayo jñāyante | pitryaṃ śrāddhakalpam | kāśiṃ gaṇitam | daivamutpātajñānam | nidhiṃ mahākālādinidhiśāstram | vākovākyaṃ tarkaśāsram | ekāyanaṃ nītiśāsram | devavidyāṃ niruktam | brahmaṇa ṛgyajuḥsāmākhyasya vidyāṃ brahmavidyāṃ śikṣākalpacchandovicitayaḥ | bhūtavidyāṃ bhūtatantram | kṣattravidyāṃ dhanurvedam | nakṣatravidyāṃ jyautiṣam | sarpadevajanavidyāṃ sarpavidyāṃ gāruḍaṃ devajanavidyāṃ gandhayuktinṛtyagītavādyiśilpādivijñānāni | etatsarvaṃ he bhagavo ’dhyemi || 2 ||
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