Devanagari
कृतो हिरण्यनाभस्य चतुर्विंशतिसंहिता: ।
शिष्य ऊचे स्वशिष्येभ्य: शेषा आवन्त्य आत्मवान् ॥ ८० ॥
Verse text
kṛto hiraṇyanābhasya
catur-viṁśati saṁhitāḥ
śiṣya ūce sva-śiṣyebhyaḥ
śeṣā āvantya ātmavān
Synonyms
kṛtaḥ
—
Kṛta
;
hiraṇyanābhasya
—
of Hiraṇyanābha
;
catuḥ
—
viṁśati — twenty-four
;
saṁhitāḥ
—
collections
;
śiṣyaḥ
—
the disciple
;
ūce
—
spoke
;
sva
—
śiṣyebhyaḥ — to his own disciples
;
śeṣāḥ
—
the remaining (collections)
;
āvantyaḥ
—
Āvantya
;
ātma
—
vān — the self-controlled .
Translation
Kṛta, the disciple of Hiraṇyanābha, spoke twenty-four saṁhitās to his own disciples, and the remaining collections were passed down by the self-realized sage Āvantya.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Kṛta, the disciple of Hiraṇyanābha, spoke twenty four saṁhitās to his own disciples, and the remaining collections were passed down by the self-realized sage Āvantya.
Another disciple of Hiraṇyanābha was Kṛta. Āvantya taught other famous branches of the Sāma Veda to his disciples.
Thus ends the commentary on the Sixth Chapter of the Twelfth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Seven
Characteristics of Purāṇas
12.7: The Purāṇic Literatures
7. The Purāṇic Literatures
12.7 Summary
In this chapter Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī describes the expansion of the branches of the Atharva Veda, enumerates the compilers of the Purāṇas and explains the characteristics of a Purāṇa. He then lists the eighteen major Purāṇas and finishes his account by stating that any person who hears about these matters from someone in a proper disciplic succession will acquire spiritual potency.
Purport
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Twelfth Canto, Sixth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away.”