Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1

Sanskrit:

सूत उवाचअथर्ववित्सुमन्तुश्च शिष्यमध्यापयत् स्वकाम् ।संहितां सोऽपि पथ्याय वेददर्शाय चोक्तवान् ॥ १ ॥

ITRANS:

sūta uvācaatharva-vit sumantuś caśiṣyam adhyāpayat svakāmsaṁhitāṁ so ’pi pathyāyavedadarśāya coktavān

Translation:

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

Purport:

As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa: “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.”