Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38


Sanskrit:

आयुर्वेदं धनुर्वेदं गान्धर्वं वेदमात्मन: ।स्थापत्यं चासृजद् वेदं क्रमात्पूर्वादिभिर्मुखै: ॥ ३८ ॥

ITRANS:

āyur-vedaṁ dhanur-vedaṁgāndharvaṁ vedam ātmanaḥsthāpatyaṁ cāsṛjad vedaṁkramāt pūrvādibhir mukhaiḥ

Translation:

He also created the medical science, military art, musical art and architectural science, all from the Vedas. They all emanated one after another, beginning from the front face.

Purport:

The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge necessary for the human society, not only on this particular planet but on other planets as well. It is understood that military art is also necessary knowledge for the upkeep of social order, as is the art of music. All these groups of knowledge are called the Upapurāṇa, or supplements of the Vedas. Spiritual knowledge is the main topic of the Vedas, but to help the human being’s spiritual pursuit of knowledge, the other information, as above mentioned, forms necessary branches of the Vedic knowledge.