SB 12.6.57 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

शाकल्यस्तत्सुत: स्वां तु पञ्चधा व्यस्य संहिताम् । वात्स्यमुद्गलशालीयगोखल्यशिशिरेष्वधात् ॥ ५७ ॥

Verse text

śākalyas tat-sutaḥ svāṁ tu paṣcadhā vyasya saṁhitām vātsya-mudgala-śālīya- gokhalya-śiśireṣv adhāt

Synonyms

śākalyaḥ — Śākalya ; tat — sutaḥ — the son of Māṇḍūkeya ; svām — his own ; tu — and ; paṣcadhā — in five parts ; vyasya — dividing ; saṁhitām — the collection ; vātsya — mudgala — śālīya — to Vātsya, Mudgala and Śālīya ; gokhalya — śiśireṣu — and to Gokhalya and Śiśira ; adhāt — gave .

Translation

The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira. Māṇḍūkeya’s son was Śākalya. He taught it to five persons.