SB 12.6.51

SB 12.6.51

Devanagari

तासां स चतुर: शिष्यानुपाहूय महामति: । एकैकां संहितां ब्रह्मन्नेकैकस्मै ददौ विभु: ॥ ५१ ॥

Verse text

tāsāṁ sa caturaḥ śiṣyān upāhūya mahā-matiḥ ekaikāṁ saṁhitāṁ brahmann ekaikasmai dadau vibhuḥ

Synonyms

tāsām of those four collections ; saḥ he ; caturaḥ four ; śiṣyān disciples ; upāhūya calling near ; mahā matiḥ — the powerfully intelligent sage ; eka ekām — one by one ; saṁhitām a collection ; brahman O brāhmaṇa ; eka ekasmai — to each of them ; dadau he gave ; vibhuḥ the powerful Vyāsadeva .

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The most powerful and intelligent Vyāsadeva called four of his disciples, O brāhmaṇa, and entrusted to each of them one of these four saṁhitās.