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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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तत्रर्ग्वेदधरः पैलः सामगो जैमिनिः कविः वैशम्पायन एवैको निष्णातो यजुषामुत
tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ vaiśampāyana evaiko niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta
WORD BY WORD
tatra thereupon; ṛg-veda-dharaḥ the professor of the Ṛg Veda; pailaḥ the ṛṣi named Paila; sāma-gaḥ that of the Sāma Veda; jaiminiḥ the ṛṣi named Jaimini; kaviḥ highly qualified; vaiśampāyanaḥ the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana; eva only; ekaḥ alone; niṣṇātaḥ well versed; yajuṣām of the Yajur Veda; uta glorified;
TRANSLATION
| After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.
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PURPORT
| The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.
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