तत्रर्ग्वेदधर: पैल: सामगो जैमिनि: कवि: । वैशंपायन एवैको निष्णातो यजुषामुत ॥ २१॥

tatrarg-veda-dharaḥ pailaḥ
sÄmago jaiminiḥ kaviḥ
vaiÅ›ampÄyana evaiko
niṣṇÄto yajuá¹£Äm uta

 tatra - thereupon; á¹›g-veda-dharaḥ - the professor of the Ṛg Veda; pailaḥ - the ṛṣi named Paila; sÄma-gaḥ - that of the SÄma Veda; jaiminiḥ - the ṛṣi named Jaimini; kaviḥ - highly qualified; vaiÅ›ampÄyanaḥ - the ṛṣi named VaiÅ›ampÄyana; eva - only; ekaḥ - alone; niṣṇÄtaḥ - well versed; yajuá¹£Äm - of the Yajur Veda; uta - glorified.


Text

After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Ṛṣi became the professor of the Ṛg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the SÄma Veda, and VaiÅ›ampÄyana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.

Purport

The different Vedas were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.