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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.4.21
vaisampayana evaiko
SYNONYMS
tatra -- thereupon; rig-veda-dharah -- the professor of the Rig Veda; pailah -- the rishi named Paila; sama-gah -- that of the Sama Veda; jaiminih -- the rishi named Jaimini; kavih -- highly qualified; vaisampayanah -- the rishi named Vaisampayana; eva -- only; ekah -- alone; nishnatah -- well versed; yajusham -- of the Yajur Veda; uta -- glorified.
TRANSLATION
After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Rishi became the professor of the Rig Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sama Veda, and Vaisampayana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.
PURPORT
The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness