ŚB 3.12.46
Canto 3, Chapter 12, Text 46
मज्जाया: पङ्क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽभवत् ॥ ४६ ॥
majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannā
bṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat
bṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat
Word by word
majjāyāḥ — from the bone marrow; paṅktiḥ — a particular type of verse; utpannā — became manifested; bṛhatī — another type of verse; prāṇataḥ — out of the life-breathing; abhavat — generated.
Translation
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.