Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 - Chapter 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: ऋगथर्वयजु:साम्नां राशीरुद्‍धृत्य वर्गश: ।चतस्र: संहिताश्चक्रे मन्त्रैर्मणिगणा इव ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: ṛg-atharva-yajuḥ-sāmnāṁrāśīr uddhṛtya vargaśaḥcatasraḥ saṁhitāś cakremantrair maṇi-gaṇā iva Translation: Śrīla Vyāsadeva separated the mantras of the Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas into four divisions, just as one sorts out a mixed collection of jewels into piles. Thus he composed four distinct Vedic literatures. Purport: When Lord Brahmā first spoke the four Vedas with his four mouths, the mantras were mixed together like an unsorted collection of various types of jewels....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: तासां स चतुर: शिष्यानुपाहूय महामति: ।एकैकां संहितां ब्रह्मन्नेकैकस्मै ददौ विभु: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: tāsāṁ sa caturaḥ śiṣyānupāhūya mahā-matiḥekaikāṁ saṁhitāṁ brahmannekaikasmai dadau vibhuḥ Translation: The most powerful and intelligent Vyāsadeva called four of his disciples, O brāhmaṇa, and entrusted to each of them one of these four saṁhitās. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52-53 Sanskrit: पैलाय संहितामाद्यां बह्‌वृचाख्यां उवाच ह ।वैशम्पायनसंज्ञाय निगदाख्यं यजुर्गणम् ॥ ५२ ॥साम्नां जैमिनये प्राह तथा छन्दोगसंहिताम् ।अथर्वाङ्गिरसीं नाम स्वशिष्याय सुमन्तवे ॥ ५३ ॥ ITRANS: pailāya saṁhitām ādyāṁbahvṛcākhyāṁ uvāca havaiśampāyana-saṁjñāyanigadākhyaṁ yajur-gaṇam Translation: Śrīla Vyāsadeva taught the first saṁhitā, 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....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 54-56 Sanskrit: पैल: स्वसंहितामूचे इन्द्रप्रमितये मुनि: ।बाष्कलाय च सोऽप्याह शिष्येभ्य: संहितां स्वकाम् ॥ ५४ ॥चतुर्धा व्यस्य बोध्याय याज्ञवल्क्‍‍याय भार्गव ।पराशरायाग्निमित्र इन्द्रप्रमितिरात्मवान् ॥ ५५ ॥अध्यापयत् संहितां स्वां माण्डूकेयमृषिं कविम् ।तस्य शिष्यो देवमित्र: सौभर्यादिभ्य ऊचिवान् ॥ ५६ ॥ ITRANS: pailaḥ sva-saṁhitām ūceindrapramitaye muniḥbāṣkalāya ca so ’py āhaśiṣyebhyaḥ saṁhitāṁ svakām Translation: After dividing his saṁhitā into two parts, the wise Paila spoke it to Indrapramiti and Bāṣkala....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 57 Sanskrit: शाकल्यस्तत्सुत: स्वां तु पञ्चधा व्यस्य संहिताम् ।वात्स्यमुद्गलशालीयगोखल्यशिशिरेष्वधात् ॥ ५७ ॥ ITRANS: śākalyas tat-sutaḥ svāṁ tupañcadhā vyasya saṁhitāmvātsya-mudgala-śālīya-gokhalya-śiśireṣv adhāt Translation: The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 58 Sanskrit: जातूकर्ण्यश्च तच्छिष्य: सनिरुक्तां स्वसंहिताम् ।बलाकपैलजाबालविरजेभ्यो ददौ मुनि: ॥ ५८ ॥ ITRANS: jātūkarṇyaś ca tac-chiṣyaḥsa-niruktāṁ sva-saṁhitāmbalāka-paila-jābāla-virajebhyo dadau muniḥ Translation: The sage Jātūkarṇya was also a disciple of Śākalya, and after dividing the saṁhitā he received from Śākalya into three parts, he added a fourth section, a Vedic glossary. He taught one of these parts to each of four disciples — Balāka, the second Paila, Jābāla and Viraja....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 59 Sanskrit: बाष्कलि: प्रतिशाखाभ्यो वालखिल्याख्यसंहिताम् ।चक्रे वालायनिर्भज्य: काशारश्चैव तां दधु: ॥ ५९ ॥ ITRANS: bāṣkaliḥ prati-śākhābhyovālakhilyākhya-saṁhitāmcakre vālāyanir bhajyaḥkāśāraś caiva tāṁ dadhuḥ Translation: Bāṣkali assembled the Vālakhilya-saṁhitā, a collection from all the branches of the Ṛg Veda. This collection was received by Vālāyani, Bhajya and Kāśāra. Purport: According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Vālāyani, Bhajya and Kāśāra belonged to the Daitya community.

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 60 Sanskrit: बह्‌वृचा: संहिता ह्येता एभिर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्धृता: ।श्रुत्वैतच्छन्दसां व्यासं सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते ॥ ६० ॥ ITRANS: bahvṛcāḥ saṁhitā hy etāebhir brahmarṣibhir dhṛtāḥśrutvaitac-chandasāṁ vyāsaṁsarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate Translation: Thus these various saṁhitās of the Ṛg Veda were maintained through disciplic succession by these saintly brāhmaṇas. Simply by hearing of this distribution of the Vedic hymns, one will be freed from all sins. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 61 Sanskrit: वैशम्पायनशिष्या वै चरकाध्वर्यवोऽभवन् ।यच्चेरुर्ब्रह्महत्यांह: क्षपणं स्वगुरोर्व्रतम् ॥ ६१ ॥ ITRANS: vaiśampāyana-śiṣyā vaicarakādhvaryavo ’bhavanyac cerur brahma-hatyāṁhaḥkṣapaṇaṁ sva-guror vratam Translation: The disciples of Vaiśampāyana became authorities in the Atharva Veda. They were known as the Carakas because they executed strict vows to free their guru from his sin of killing a brāhmaṇa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 62 Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्‍क्यश्च तच्छिष्य आहाहो भगवन् कियत् ।चरितेनाल्पसाराणां चरिष्येऽहं सुदुश्चरम् ॥ ६२ ॥ ITRANS: yājñavalkyaś ca tac-chiṣyaāhāho bhagavan kiyatcaritenālpa-sārāṇāṁcariṣye ’haṁ su-duścaram Translation: Once Yājñavalkya, one of the disciples of Vaiśampāyana, said: O master, how much benefit will be derived from the feeble endeavors of these weak disciples of yours? I will personally perform some outstanding penance. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 63 Sanskrit: इत्युक्तो गुरुरप्याह कुपितो याह्यलं त्वया ।विप्रावमन्त्रा शिष्येण मदधीतं त्यजाश्विति ॥ ६३ ॥ ITRANS: ity ukto gurur apy āhakupito yāhy alaṁ tvayāviprāvamantrā śiṣyeṇamad-adhītaṁ tyajāśv iti Translation: Addressed thus, the spiritual master Vaiśampāyana became angry and said: Go away from here! Enough of you, O disciple who insults brāhmaṇas! Furthermore, you must immediately give back everything I have taught you. Purport: Śrī Vaiśampāyana was angry because one of his disciples, Yājñavalkya, was insulting the other disciples, who were, after all, qualified brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 64-65 Sanskrit: देवरातसुत: सोऽपि छर्दित्वा यजुषां गणम् ।ततो गतोऽथ मुनयो दद‍ृशुस्तान् यजुर्गणान् ॥ ६४ ॥यजूंषि तित्तिरा भूत्वा तल्ल‍ोलुपतयाददु: ।तैत्तिरीया इति यजु:शाखा आसन् सुपेशला: ॥ ६५ ॥ ITRANS: devarāta-sutaḥ so ’picharditvā yajuṣāṁ gaṇamtato gato ’tha munayodadṛśus tān yajur-gaṇān Translation: Yājñavalkya, the son of Devarāta, then vomited the mantras of the Yajur Veda and went away from there. The assembled disciples, looking greedily upon these yajur hymns, assumed the form of partridges and picked them all up....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 66 Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्‍क्यस्ततो ब्रह्मंश्छन्दांस्यधिगवेषयन् ।गुरोरविद्यमानानि सूपतस्थेऽर्कमीश्वरम् ॥ ६६ ॥ ITRANS: yājñavalkyas tato brahmaṁśchandāṁsy adhi gaveṣayanguror avidyamānānisūpatasthe ’rkam īśvaram Translation: My dear brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, Yājñavalkya then desired to find out new yajur-mantras unknown to even his spiritual master. With this in mind he offered attentive worship to the powerful lord of the sun. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 67 Sanskrit: श्रीयाज्ञवल्‍क्य उवाचॐ नमो भगवते आदित्यायाखिलजगतामात्मस्वरूपेण कालस्वरूपेण चतुर्विधभूतनिकायानां ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तानामन्तर्हृदयेषु बहिरपि चाकाश इवोपाधिनाव्यवधीयमानो भवानेक एव क्षणलवनिमेषावयवोपचितसंवत्सरगणेनापामादान विसर्गाभ्यामिमां लोकयात्रामनुवहति ॥ ६७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-yājñavalkya uvācaoṁ namo bhagavate ādityāyākhila-jagatām ātma-svarūpeṇa kāla-svarūpeṇa catur-vidha-bhūta-nikāyānāṁ brahmādi-stamba-paryantānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api cākāśa ivopādhināvyavadhīyamāno bhavān eka eva kṣaṇa-lava-nimeṣāvayavopacita-saṁvatsara-gaṇenāpām ādāna- visargābhyām imāṁ loka-yātrām anuvahati. Translation: Śrī Yājñavalkya said: I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as the sun....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 68 Sanskrit: यदु ह वाव विबुधर्षभ सवितरदस्तपत्यनुसवनमहर अहराम्नायविधिनोपतिष्ठमानानामखिलदुरितवृजिन बीजावभर्जन भगवत: समभिधीमहि तपन मण्डलम् ॥ ६८ ॥ ITRANS: yad u ha vāva vibudharṣabha savitar adas tapaty anusavanam ahar ahar āmnāya-vidhinopatiṣṭhamānānām akhila-durita-vṛjina- bījāvabharjana bhagavataḥ samabhidhīmahi tapana maṇḍalam. Translation: O glowing one, O powerful lord of the sun, you are the chief of all the demigods. I meditate with careful attention on your fiery globe, because for those who offer prayers to you three times daily according to the Vedic method passed down through authorized disciplic succession, you burn away all sinful activities, all consequent suffering and even the original seed of desire....