Śrīmad Bhāgavata 1.4.21

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tatra — in the matter of these five Vedas [teṣāṁ vedānāṁ madhye⁸⁵]; pailaḥ — Paila Ṛṣi; [became (abhūt)⁸⁶]; ṛg-veda-dharaḥ — the receptacle and support of the Ṛg Veda; kaviḥ — the poetically adept and learned [sūkṣma-jñānī]; jaiminiḥ — Jaimini Ṛṣi; [became (abhūt)]; sāma-gaḥ — a singer of the Sāma Veda; uta — and [api⁸⁷]; vaiśampāyanaḥ — Vaiśampāyana Ṛṣi; ekaḥ eva⁸⁸ — alone; [became (abhūt)]; niṣṇātaḥ — the skilled propounder [(pāraṅgataḥ);⁸⁹ (pravartakatayā)]; yajuṣām — of the Yajur Veda.

In the matter of these [five Vedas], Paila Ṛṣi became the receptacle and support of the Ṛg Veda, the poetically adept and learned Jaimini Ṛṣi became a singer of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana Ṛṣi alone became the skilled propounder of the Yajur Veda.

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85Unless otherwise indicated, this and the following bracketed inserts in verse 21 are Vijayadvaja Tīrtha’s comments.↩

86Vijayadvaja Tīrtha comments here that the verb abhūt, “became,” is to be added to all three clauses. This is shown in the anvaya.↩

87Giridhara.↩

88Jīva Gosvāmī comments on the words eka eva, lit., “one alone,” saying that they are connected to Paila and Jaimini as well. This means that the responsibility for the preservation and propagation of each of the Vedas was entrusted to these ṛṣis alone, one for each division. Giridhara takes the same words as applying specifically to Vaiśampāyana in the sense of “all by himself,” implying that because the Yajur Veda is a vast text, it is surprising that Vaiśampāyana became its sole support—“all alone” or “all by himself” (ekena eva).↩

89Śrīdhara Svāmī.↩

SB 1.4.21

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