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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 7: The Purāṇic Literatures

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 7

kaśyapo 'haṁ ca sāvarṇī
rāma-śiṣyo 'kṛtavranaḥ
adhīmahi vyāsa-śiṣyāc
catvāro mūla-saṁhitāḥ

SYNONYMS

kaśyapaḥ—Kaśyapa; aham—I; ca—and; sāvarṇiḥ—Sāvarṇi; rāma-śiṣyaḥ—a disciple of Rāma; akṛtvraṇaḥ—namely Akṛtavraṇa; adhīmahi—we have assimilated; vyāsa-śiṣyāt—from the disciple of Vyāsa (Romaharṣaṇa); catvāraḥ—four; mūla-saṁhitāḥ—basic collections.

TRANSLATION

Romaharṣaṇa, a disciple of Vedavyāsa, divided the Purāṇas into four basic compilations. The sage Kaśyapa and I, along with Sāvarṇi and Akṛtavraṇa, a disciple of Rāma, learned these four divisions.

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