SB 10.74.7 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

द्वैपायनो भरद्वाज: सुमन्तुर्गोतमोऽसित: । वसिष्ठश्‍च्यवन: कण्वो मैत्रेय: कवषस्‍त्रित: ॥ ७ ॥ विश्वामित्रो वामदेव: सुमतिर्जैमिनि: क्रतु: । पैल: पराशरो गर्गो वैशम्पायन एव च ॥ ८ ॥ अथर्वा कश्यपो धौम्यो रामो भार्गव आसुरि: । वीतिहोत्रो मधुच्छन्दा वीरसेनोऽकृतव्रण: ॥ ९ ॥

Verse text

dvaipāyano bharadvājaḥ sumantur gotamo ’sitaḥ vasiṣṭhaś cyavanaḥ kaṇvo maitreyaḥ kavaṣas tritaḥ viśvāmitro vāmadevaḥ sumatir jaiminiḥ kratuḥ pailaḥ parāśaro gargo vaiśampāyana eva ca atharvā kaśyapo dhaumyo rāmo bhārgava āsuriḥ vītihotro madhucchandā vīraseno ’kṛtavraṇaḥ

Synonyms

dvaipāyanaḥ bharadvājaḥ — Dvaipāyana (Vedavyāsa) and Bharadvāja ; sumantuḥ gotamaḥ asitaḥ — Sumantu, Gotama and Asita ; vasiṣṭhaḥ cyavanaḥ kaṇvaḥ — Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana and Kaṇva ; maitreyaḥ kavaṣaḥ tritaḥ — Maitreya, Kavasa and Trita ; viśvāmitraḥ vāmadevaḥ — Viśvāmitra and Vāmadeva ; sumatiḥ jaiminiḥ kratuḥ — Sumati, Jaimini and Kratu ; pailaḥ parāśaraḥ gargaḥ — Paila, Parāśara and Garga ; vaiśampāyanaḥ — Vaiśampāyana ; eva ca — also ; atharvā kaśyapaḥ dhaumyaḥ — Atharvā, Kaśyapa and Dhaumya ; rāmaḥ bhārgavaḥ — Pāraśurāma, the descendant of Bhṛgu ; āsuriḥ — Āsuri ; vītihotraḥ madhucchandāḥ — Vītihotra and Madhucchandā ; vīrasenaḥ akṛtavraṇaḥ — Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa .

Translation

He selected Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana, Bharadvāja, Sumantu, Gotama and Asita, along with Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana, Kaṇva, Maitreya, Kavaṣa and Trita. He also selected Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila and Parāśara, as well as Garga, Vaiśampāyana, Atharvā, Kaśyapa, Dhaumya, Rāma of the Bhārgavas, Āsuri, Vītihotra, Madhucchandā, Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He selected Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana, Bharadvāja, Sumantu, Gotama and Asita, along with Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana, Kaṇva, Maitreya, Kavaṣa and Trita. He also selected Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila and Parāśara, as well as Garga, Vaiśampāyana, Atharvā, Kaśyapa, Dhaumya, Rāma of the Bhārgavas, Āsuri, Vītihotra, Madhucchandā, Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa. KB 10.74.7-9 Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva, Bharadvāja, Sumantu, Gautama, Asita, Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana, Kaṇva, Maitreya, Kavaṣa, Trita, Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila, Parāśara, Garga, Vaiśampāyana, Atharvā, Kaśyapa, Dhaumya, Paraśurāma, Śukrācārya, Āsuri, Vītihotra, Madhucchandā, Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa.

Purport

King Yudhiṣṭhira invited all these exalted brāhmaṇas to act in different capacities as priests, advisers and so on.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

He chose these sages because they were the most prominent. He chose no others (eva). The word ca indicates the whole group. Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) was selected as the brahmā according to Mahābhārata. Brahmatvam akarot tatra satyavatī-sutaḥ: Vyāsa was made the brahmā priest.