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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.1

सूत उवाच अथर्ववित्सुमन्तुश्च शिष्यमध्यापयत् स्वकाम् । संहितां सोऽपि पथ्याय वेददर्शाय चोक्तवान् ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca
[soota uvaacha]
atharva-vit sumantuś ca
[atharva-vit sumantush cha]
śiṣyam adhyāpayat svakām
[shishyam adhyaapayat svakaam]
saṁhitāṁ so ’pi pathyāya
[samhitaam so ’pi pathyaaya]
vedadarśāya coktavān
[vedadarshaaya choktavaan]
Word-for-word
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said atharva-vit — the expert knower of the Atharva Veda sumantuḥ — Sumantu ca — and śiṣyam — to his disciple adhyāpayat — instructed svakām — his own saṁhitām — collection saḥ — he, the disciple of Sumantu api — also pathyāya — to Pathya vedadarśāya — to Vedadarśa ca — and uktavān — spoke.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sūta uvāca
sūtaḥ uvāca
Sūta Gosvāmī said
atharva-vit sumantuś ca
atharva-vit
the expert knower of the Atharva Veda
sumantuḥ
Sumantu
ca
and
śiṣyam adhyāpayat svakām
śiṣyam
to his disciple
adhyāpayat
instructed
svakām
his own
saṁhitāṁ so ’pi pathyāya
saṁhitām
collection
vedadarśāya coktavān
saḥ
he, the disciple of Sumantu
api
also
pathyāya
to Pathya
vedadarśāya
to Vedadarśa
ca
and
uktavān
spoke.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saṁhitā to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and Vedadarśa.
Purport

As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa:

atharva-vedaṁ sa muniḥ sumantur amita-dyutiḥ śiṣyam adhyāpayām āsa kabandhaṁ so ’pi ca dvidhā kṛtvā tu vedadarśāya tathā pathyāya dattavān

“That sage Sumantu, whose brilliance was immeasurable, taught the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha. Kabandha in turn divided it into two parts and passed them down to Vedadarśa and Pathya.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saṁhitā to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and Vedadarśa. The Seventh Chapter describes the branches of the Atharva Veda, and the ten characteristics of a Purāṇa, as well as an enumeration of the Purāṇas. The name of the disciple of Sumantu is Kabandha according to Viṣṇu Purāṇa.
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Personal Guidance
Sumantu teaches the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha, who shares it with Pathya and Vedadarsa. The Atharva itself reaches us through specific named hands; the impersonal Veda is held up by very personal devotion.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose specific hands have carried the teaching I have received?
  • Have I let myself feel grateful to them by name?
📝 My note

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