Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.21.41

gāyatry uṣṇig anuṣṭup ca

bṛhatī pańktir eva ca

triṣṭub jagaty aticchando

hy atyaṣṭy-atijagad-virāṭ

SYNONYMS

gāyatrī uṣṇik anuṣṭup ca — known as Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik and Anuṣṭup; bṛhatī pańktiḥ — Bṛhatī and Pańkti; 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, Pańkti, 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.

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