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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.7.2
sauklayanir brahmabalir
vedadarsasya sisyas te
SYNONYMS
sauklayanih brahmabalih -- Sauklayani and Brahmabali; modosah pippalayanih -- Modosa and Pippalayani; vedadarsasya -- of Vedadarsa; sisyah -- the disciples; te -- they; pathya-sisyan -- the disciples of Pathya; atho -- furthermore; srnu -- please hear; kumudah sunakah -- Kumuda and Sunaka; brahman -- O brahmana, Saunaka; jajalih -- Jajali; ca -- and; api -- also; atharva-vit -- full in knowledge of the Atharva Veda.
TRANSLATION
Sauklayani, Brahmabali, Modosa and Pippalayani were disciples of Vedadarsa. Hear from me also the names of the disciples of Pathya. My dear brahmana, they are Kumuda, Sunaka and Jajali, all of whom knew the Atharva Veda very well.
PURPORT
According to Srila Sridhara Svami, Vedadarsa divided his edition of the Atharva Veda into four parts and instructed them to his four disciples. Pathya divided his edition into three parts and instructed it to the three disciples mentioned here.
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