मज्जायाः पङ्क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽभवत् ॥४६॥

majjÄyÄḥ paá¹…ktir utpannÄ
bá¹›hatÄ« prÄṇato 'bhavat

 majjÄyÄḥ - from the bone marrow; paá¹…ktiḥ - a particular type of verse; utpannÄ - became manifested; bá¹›hatÄ« - another type of verse; prÄṇataḥ - out of the life-breathing; abhavat - generated.


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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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