Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.4.21

tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ

sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ

vaiśampāyana evaiko

niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta

SYNONYMS

tatra — thereupon; ṛg-veda-dharaḥ — the professor of the Ṛg Veda; pailaḥ — the ṛṣi named Paila; sāma-gaḥ — that of the Sāma Veda; jaiminiḥ — the ṛṣi named Jaimini; kaviḥ — highly qualified; vaiśampāyanaḥ — the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana; eva — only; ekaḥ — alone; niṣṇātaḥ — well versed; yajuṣām — of the Yajur Veda; uta — glorified.

TRANSLATION

After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.

PURPORT

The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.

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