SB 12.6.36 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीशौनक उवाच पैलादिभिर्व्यासशिष्यैर्वेदाचार्यैर्महात्मभि: । वेदाश्च कथिता व्यस्ता एतत् सौम्याभिधेहि न: ॥ ३६ ॥

Verse text

śrī-śaunaka uvāca pailādibhir vyāsa-śiṣyair vedācāryair mahātmabhiḥ vedāś ca kathitā vyastā etat saumyābhidhehi naḥ

Synonyms

śrī — śaunakaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śaunaka Ṛṣi said ; paila — ādibhiḥ — by Paila and others ; vyāsa — śiṣyaiḥ — the disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva ; veda — ācāryaiḥ — the standard authorities of the Vedas ; mahā — ātmabhiḥ — whose intelligence was very great ; vedāḥ — the Vedas ; ca — and ; kathitāḥ — spoken ; vyastāḥ — divided ; etat — this ; saumya — O gentle Sūta ; abhidhehi — please narrate ; naḥ — to us .

Translation

Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: O gentle Sūta, please narrate to us how Paila and the other greatly intelligent disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who are known as the standard authorities of Vedic wisdom, spoke and edited the Vedas.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: O gentle Sūta! Please narrate to us how Paila and the other greatly intelligent disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who are known as the authorities of Vedic wisdom, spoke and edited the Vedas. Having heard about the saṁhitā, the sages want to know about the divisions of the Veda saṁhitās.