SB 12.6.78 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.78

उदीच्या: सामगा: शिष्या आसन् पञ्चशतानि वै । पौष्यञ्ज्यावन्त्ययोश्चापि तांश्च प्राच्यान् प्रचक्षते ॥ ७८ ॥

udīcyāḥ sāma-gāḥ śiṣyā

[udeechyaah saama-gaah shishyaa]

āsan pañca-śatāni vai

[aasan pancha-shataani vai]

pauṣyañjy-āvantyayoś cāpi

[paushyanjy-aavantyayosh chaapi]

tāṁś ca prācyān pracakṣate

[taamsh cha praachyaan prachakshate]

Word-for-word

udīcyāḥ — belonging to the north sāma-gāḥ — the singer of the Sāma Veda śiṣyāḥ — the disciples āsan — there were pañca-śatāni — five hundred vai — indeed pauṣyañji-āvantyayoḥ — of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya ca — and api — indeed tān — they ca — also prācyān — easterners pracakṣate — are called.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

udīcyāḥ sāma-gāḥ śiṣyā

udīcyāḥ

belonging to the north

sāma-gāḥ

the singer of the Sāma Veda

śiṣyāḥ

the disciples

āsan pañca-śatāni vai

āsan

there were

pañca-śatāni

five hundred

vai

indeed

pauṣyañjy-āvantyayoś cāpi

pauṣyañji-āvantyayoḥ

of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya

and

api

indeed

tāṁś ca prācyān pracakṣate

tān

they

also

prācyān

easterners

pracakṣate

are called.

The five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became known as the northern singers of the Sāma Veda, and in later times some of them also became known as eastern singers.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The five hundred disciples of Hiraṇyanābha became known as the northern singers of the Sāma Veda, and the five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became known as eastern singers. Hiraṇyanābha’s five hundred disciples became northern reciters. Five hundred disciples of Pauṣyañji and Āvantya became eastern reciters. They received the thousand branches.

Personal Guidance

Five hundred disciples become the northern singers of the Sama Veda. Numbers grow because patient teachers said yes to one student at a time. Mass movements have humble, individual roots.

Reflection Questions

Whom is the Lord asking me to say yes to, one at a time?
What 'mass' am I distracted by that is hiding the next single yes?

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