SB 11.21.41
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
gāyatry uṣṇig anuṣṭup ca
bṛhatī paṅktir eva ca
triṣṭub jagaty aticchando
hy atyaṣṭy-atijagad-virāṭ
SYNONYMS
gāyatrī uṣṇik anuṣṭup ca—known as Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik and Anuṣṭup; bṛhatī paṅktiḥ—Bṛhatī and Paṅkti; eva ca—also; triṣṭup jagatī aticchandaḥ—Triṣṭup, Jagatī and Aticchanda; hi—indeed; atyaṣṭi-atijagat-virāṭ—Atyaṣṭi, Atijagatī and Ativirāṭ.
TRANSLATION
The Vedic meters are Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik, Anuṣṭup, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭup, Jagatī, Aticchanda, Atyaṣṭi, Atijagatī and Ativirāṭ.
PURPORT
The Gāyatrī meter has twenty-four syllables, the Uṣṇik twenty-eight, the Anuṣṭup thirty-two, and so on, each meter having four more syllables than the previous one. Vedic sound is called bṛhatī, or most expansive, and thus it is not possible for ordinary living entities to understand all the technical details in this matter.