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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्धृताः इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते
ṛg-yajuḥ-sāmātharvākhyā vedāś catvāra uddhṛtāḥ itihāsa-purāṇaṁ ca pañcamo veda ucyate
WORD BY WORD
ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-atharva-ākhyāḥ the names of the four Vedas; vedāḥ the Vedas; catvāraḥ four; uddhṛtāḥ made into separate parts; itihāsa historical records (Mahābhārata); purāṇam ca and the Purāṇas; pañcamaḥ the fifth; vedaḥ the original source of knowledge; ucyate is said to be;
TRANSLATION
| The four divisions of the original sources of knowledge [the Vedas] were made separately. But the historical facts and authentic stories mentioned in the Purāṇas are called the fifth Veda.
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PURPORT
| This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.
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