SB 12.6.78 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

उदीच्या: सामगा: शिष्या आसन् पञ्चशतानि वै ।

पौष्यञ्ज्यावन्त्ययोश्चापि तांश्च प्राच्यान् प्रचक्षते ॥ ७८ ॥

Verse text

udīcyāḥ sāma-gāḥ śiṣyā

āsan pañca-śatāni vai

pauṣyañjy-āvantyayoś cāpi

tāṁś ca prācyān pracakṣate

Synonyms

udīcyāḥ — belonging to the north ; sāma-gāḥ — the singer of the Sāma Veda ; śiṣyāḥ — the disciples ; āsan — there were ; pañca-śatāni — five hundred ; vai — indeed ; pauṣyañji-āvantyayoḥ — of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya ; ca — and ; api — indeed ; tān — they ; ca — also ; prācyān — easterners ; pracakṣate — are called.

Translation

The five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became known as the northern singers of the Sāma Veda, and in later times some of them also became known as eastern singers.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The five hundred disciples of Hiraṇyanābha became known as the northern singers of the Sāma Veda, and the five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became known as eastern singers. Hiraṇyanābha’s five hundred disciples became northern reciters. Five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became eastern reciters. They received the thousand branches.