Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.4.21
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesVedic Knowledge Entrusted to Learned Teachers
“After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.”
What the purport teaches
- After the division of the Vedas, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda.
- Jaimini became the professor of the Sāma Veda, and Vaiśampāyana became glorified by the Yajur Veda.
- The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.
Try this today
Write the three teachers' names beside the Veda entrusted to each, then check your list against the translation.
Ask yourself
What does entrusting the Vedas to learned scholars teach me about the responsibility of a teacher?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.