तत्रर्ग्वेदधरः पैलः सामगो जैमिनिः कविः वैशम्पायन एवैको निष्णातो यजुषामुत
tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ sāmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ vaiśampāyana evaiko niṣṇāto yajuṣām uta
Synonyms
tatra—thereupon; ṛg-veda-dharaḥ—professor of the Ṛg Veda; pailaḥ—the ṛṣi named Paila; sāmagaḥ—that of the Sāma Veda; jaiminiḥ—the ṛṣi named Jaimini; kaviḥ—highly qualified; vaiśampāyanaḥ—the ṛṣi named Vaiśampāyana; eva—only; ekaḥ—alone; niṣṇātaḥ—well versed; yajuṣām—of the Yajur-veda; uta—glorified..
Translation
After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg-veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sāma-veda, and Vaiśampāyana alone became glorified by the Yajur-veda.
Purport
The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.