pailaḥ - Paila; sva-saṁhitām - his own collection; ūce - spoke; indrapramitaye - to Indrapramiti; muniḥ - the sage; bāṣkalāya - to Bāṣkala; ca - and; saḥ - he (Bāṣkala); api - moreover; āha - spoke; śiṣyebhyaḥ - to his disciples; saṁhitām - the collection; svakām - his own; caturdhā - in four parts; vyasya - dividing; bodhyāya - to Bodhya; yājñavalkyāya - to Yājñavalkya; bhārgava - O descendant of Bhṛgu (Śaunaka); parāśarāya - to Parāśara; agnimitre - to Agnimitra; indrapramitiḥ - Indrapramiti; ātma-vān - the self-controlled; adhyāpayat - taught; saṁhitām - the collection; svām - his; māṇḍūkeyam - to Māṇḍūkeya; ṛṣim - the sage; kavim - scholarly; tasya - of him (Maṇḍūkeya); śiṣyaḥ - the disciple; devamitraḥ - Devamitra; saubhari-ādibhyaḥ - to Saubhari and others; ūcivān - spoke.

After dividing his saṁhitā into two parts, the wise Paila spoke it to Indrapramiti and Bāṣkala. Bāṣkala further divided his collection into four parts, O Bhārgava, and instructed them to his disciples Bodhya, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara and Agnimitra. Indrapramiti, the self-controlled sage, taught his saṁhitā to the learned mystic Māṇḍūkeya, whose disciple Devamitra later passed down the divisions of the Ṛg Veda to Saubhari and others.