SB 12.6.48 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

अस्मिन्नप्यन्तरे ब्रह्मन् भगवान्लोकभावन: । ब्रह्मेशाद्यैर्लोकपालैर्याचितो धर्मगुप्तये ॥ ४८ ॥ पराशरात् सत्यवत्यामंशांशकलया विभु: । अवतीर्णो महाभाग वेदं चक्रे चतुर्विधम् ॥ ४९ ॥

Verse text

asminn apy antare brahman bhagavān loka-bhāvanaḥ brahmeśādyair loka-pālair yācito dharma-guptaye parāśarāt satyavatyām aṁśāṁśa-kalayā vibhuḥ avatīrṇo mahā-bhāga vedaṁ cakre catur-vidham

Synonyms

asmin — in this ; api — also ; antare — rule of Manu ; brahman — O brāhmaṇa (Śaunaka) ; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; loka — of the universe ; bhāvanaḥ — the protector ; brahma — by Brahmā ; īśa — Śiva ; ādyaiḥ — and the others ; loka — pālaiḥ — the rulers of the various planets ; yācitaḥ — requested ; dharma — guptaye — for the protection of the principles of religion ; parāśarāt — by Parāśara Muni ; satyavatyām — in the womb of Satyavatī ; aṁśa — of His plenary expansion (Saṅkarṣaṇa) ; aṁśa — of the expansion (Viṣṇu) ; kalayā — as the partial expansion ; vibhuḥ — the Lord ; avatīrṇaḥ — descended ; mahā — bhāga — O most fortunate one ; vedam — the Veda ; cakre — he made ; catuḥ — vidham — in four parts .

Translation

O brāhmaṇa, in the present age of Vaivasvata Manu, the leaders of the universe, led by Brahmā and Śiva, requested the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the protector of all the worlds, to save the principles of religion. O most fortunate Śaunaka, the almighty Lord, exhibiting a divine spark of a portion of His plenary portion, then appeared in the womb of Satyavatī as the son of Parāśara. In this form, named Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, he divided the one Veda into four.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O brāhmaṇa! In the present age of Vaivasvata Manu, the leaders of the universe, led by Brahmā and Śiva, requested the Supreme Lord, the protector of all the worlds, to protect dharma. O most fortunate Śaunaka! The powerful Lord, as a portion of a portion of a portion of the Lord, then appeared in the womb of Satyavatī as the son of Parāśara and divided the one Veda into four. Antare means “in Vaivasvata Manvantara.”