SB 12.6.51

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 6: Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

SB 12.6.50

SB 12.6.52

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 51

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.