षडङ्गवेदविदुषां क्रतुप्रवरयाजिनाम्। शुश्राव ब्रह्मघोषान् स विरात्रे ब्रह्मरक्षसाम्॥
ṣaḍaṅgavedaviduṣāṃ kratupravarayājinām| śuśrāva brahmaghoṣān sa virātre brahmarakṣasām||
English Meaning
At that late hour of the night, he heard the chantings of the Vedas by the Rákşasas, conversant with the six supplementary parts of the Vedas,* engaged in the performance of sacrificial rites and knowing Brahmā. *Grammar, Prosody, astronomy, pronounciation, the meaning of the unusual terms and the ritual of the Hindu religion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)