स्थापत्यं चासृजद्वेदं क्रमात्पूर्वादिभिर्मुखैः ॥३८॥
Äyur-vedaá¹ dhanur-vedaá¹
gÄndharvaá¹ vedam Ätmanaḥ
sthÄpatyaá¹ cÄsá¹›jad vedaá¹
kramÄt pÅ«rvÄdibhir mukhaiḥ
Äyuḥ-vedam - medical science; dhanuḥ-vedam - military science; gÄndharvam - musical art; vedam - they are all Vedic knowledge; Ätmanaḥ - of his own; sthÄpatyam - architectural; ca - also; asá¹›jat - created; vedam - knowledge; kramÄt - respectively; pÅ«rva-Ädibhiḥ - beginning from the front face; mukhaiḥ - by the mouths.
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.
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 UpapurÄṇa, 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.
