SB 12.6.76-77 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सुकर्मा चापि तच्छिष्य: सामवेदतरोर्महान् ।

सहस्रसंहिताभेदं चक्रे साम्नां ततो द्विज ॥ ७६ ॥

हिरण्यनाभ: कौशल्य: पौष्यञ्जिश्च सुकर्मण: ।

शिष्यौ जगृहतुश्चान्य आवन्त्यो ब्रह्मवित्तम: ॥ ७७ ॥

Verse text

sukarmā cāpi tac-chiṣyaḥ

sāma-veda-taror mahān

sahasra-saṁhitā-bhedaṁ

cakre sāmnāṁ tato dvija

hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ

pauṣyañjiś ca sukarmaṇaḥ

śiṣyau jagṛhatuś cānya

āvantyo brahma-vittamaḥ

Synonyms

sukarmā — Sukarmā ; ca — and ; api — indeed ; tat-śiṣyaḥ — the disciple of Jaimini ; sāma-veda-taroḥ — of the tree of the Sāma Veda ; mahān — the great thinker ; sahasra-saṁhitā — of one thousand collections ; bhedam — a division ; cakre — he made ; sāmnām — of the sāma-mantras ; tataḥ — and then ; dvija — O brāhmaṇa (Śaunaka) ; hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ — Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala ; pauṣyañjiḥ — Pauṣyañji ; ca — and ; sukarmaṇaḥ — of Sukarmā ; śiṣyau — the two disciples ; jagṛhatuḥ — took ; ca — and ; anyaḥ — another ; āvantyaḥ — Āvantya ; brahma-vit-tamaḥ — most perfectly realized in knowledge of the Absolute Truth.

Translation

Sukarmā, another disciple of Jaimini, was a great scholar. He divided the mighty tree of the Sāma Veda into one thousand saṁhitās. Then, O brāhmaṇa, three disciples of Sukarmā — Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; Pauṣyañji; and Āvantya, who was very advanced in spiritual realization — took charge of the sāma-mantras.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Sukarmā, another disciple of Jaimini, was a great scholar of the tree of the Sāma Veda. He divided the Sāma Veda into one thousand saṁhitās. Then, O brāhmaṇa, three disciples of Sukarmā---Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; Pausyañji; and Āvantya, who was very advanced in spiritual realization—took charge of those mantras. Sukarmā, disciple of Jaimini, became very great regarding learning the tree of the Sāma Veda. He divided this Veda into thousands of parts. His two disciples Hiraṇyanābha, son of Kuśala, and Pausyañji, and another disciple Āvantya, received the mantras.