Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.52-53

pailāya saḿhitām ādyāḿ

bahvṛcākhyāḿ uvāca ha

vaiśampāyana-saḿjñāya

nigadākhyaḿ yajur-gaṇam

sāmnāḿ jaiminaye prāha

tathā chandoga-saḿhitām

atharvāńgirasīḿ nāma

sva-śiṣyāya sumantave

SYNONYMS

pailāya — to Paila; saḿhitām — the collection; ādyām — first (of the Ṛg Veda); bahu-ṛca-ākhyam — called Bahvṛca; uvāca — he spoke; ha — indeed; vaiśampāyana-saḿjñāya — to the sage named Vaiśampāyana; nigada-ākhyam — known as Nigada; yajuḥ-gaṇam — the collection of Yajur mantras; sāmnām — the mantras of the Sāma Veda; jaiminaye — to Jaimini; prāha — he spoke; tathā — and; chandoga-saḿhitām — the saḿhitā named Chandoga; atharva-ańgirasīm — the Veda ascribed to the sages Atharva and Ańgirā; nāma — indeed; sva-śiṣyāya — to his disciple; sumantave — Sumantu.

TRANSLATION

Śrīla Vyāsadeva taught the first saḿhitā, the Ṛg Veda, to Paila and gave this collection the name Bahvṛca. To the sage Vaiśampāyana he spoke the collection of Yajur mantras named Nigada. He taught the Sāma Veda mantras, designated as the Chandoga-saḿhitā, to Jaimini, and he spoke the Atharva Veda to his dear disciple Sumantu.

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