Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 46


Sanskrit:

मज्जाया: पङ्‌क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽभवत् ॥ ४६ ॥

ITRANS:

majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannābṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat

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.

Purport: