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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.4.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ
- sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ
- vaiśampāyana evaiko
- niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta
tatrathereupon — thereupon; ṛgthe professor of the Ṛg Veda-vedathe professor of the Ṛg Veda-dharaḥthe professor of the Ṛg Veda — the professor of the Ṛg Veda; pailaḥthe ṛṣi named Paila — the ṛṣi named Paila; sāmathat of the Sāma Veda-gaḥthat of the Sāma Veda — that of the Sāma Veda; jaiminiḥthe ṛṣi named Jaimini — the ṛṣi named Jaimini; kaviḥhighly qualified — highly qualified; vaiśampāyanaḥthe ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana — the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana; evaonly — only; ekaḥalone — alone; niṣṇātaḥwell versed — well versed; yajuṣāmof the Yajur Veda — of the Yajur Veda; utaglorified — glorified.
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.
The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.