Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.7.1

sūta uvāca

atharva-vit sumantuś ca

śiṣyam adhyāpayat svakām

saḿhitāḿ so 'pi pathyāya

vedadarśāya coktavān

SYNONYMS

sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; atharva-vit — the expert knower of the Atharva Veda; sumantuḥ — Sumantu; ca — and; śiṣyam — to his disciple; adhyāpayat — instructed; svakām — his own; saḿhitām — collection; saḥ — he, the disciple of Sumantu; api — also; pathyāya — to Pathya; vedadarśāya — to Vedadarśa; ca — and; uktavān — spoke.

TRANSLATION

Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saḿhitā to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and Vedadarśa.

PURPORT

As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa:

atharva-vedaḿ sa muniḥ

sumantur amita-dyutiḥ

śiṣyam adhyāpayām āsa

kabandhaḿ so 'pi ca dvidhā

kṛtvā tu vedadarśāya

tathā pathyāya dattavān

"That sage Sumantu, whose brilliance was immeasurable, taught the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha. Kabandha in turn divided it into two parts and passed them down to Vedadarśa and Pathya."

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