SB 12.6.76-77
TEXTS 76-77
sukarmā cāpi tac-chiṣyaḥ
sāma-veda-taror mahān
sahasra-saṁhitā-bhedaṁ
cakre sāmnāṁ tato dvija
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ
pauṣyañjiś ca sukarmaṇaḥ
śiṣyau jagṛhatuś cānya
āvantyo brahma-vittamaḥ
SYNONYMS
sukarmā—Sukarmā; ca—and; api—indeed; tat-śiṣyaḥ—the disciple of Jaimini; sāma-veda-taroḥ—of the tree of the Sāma Veda; mahān—the great thinker; sahasra-saṁhitā—of one thousand collections; bhedam—a division; cakre—he made; sāmnām—of the sāma-mantras; tataḥ-and then; dvija—O brāhmaṇa (Śaunaka); hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ—Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; pauṣyañjiḥ—Pauṣyañji; ca—and; sukarmaṇaḥ—of Sukarmā; śiṣyau—the two disciples; jagṛhatuḥ—took; ca—and; anyaḥ—another; āvantyaḥ—Āvantya; brahma-vit-tamaḥ—most perfectly realized in knowledge of the Absolute Truth.
TRANSLATION
Sukarmā, another disciple of Jaimini, was a great scholar. He divided the mighty tree of the Sāma Veda into one thousand saṁhitās. Then, O brāhmaṇa, three disciples of Sukarmā-Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; Pausyañji; and Āvantya, who was very advanced in spiritual realization—took charge of the sāma-mantras.