sukarmā - Sukarmā; ca - and; api - indeed; tat-śiṣyaḥ - the disciple of Jaimini; sāma-veda-taroḥ - of the tree of the Sāma Veda; mahān - the great thinker; sahasra-saṁhitā - of one thousand collections; bhedam - a division; cakre - he made; sāmnām - of the sāma-mantras; tataḥ - and then; dvija - O brāhmaṇa (Śaunaka); hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyaḥ - Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; pauṣyañjiḥ - Pauṣyañji; ca - and; sukarmaṇaḥ - of Sukarmā; śiṣyau - the two disciples; jagṛhatuḥ - took; ca - and; anyaḥ - another; āvantyaḥ - Āvantya; brahma-vit-tamaḥ - most perfectly realized in knowledge of the Absolute Truth.

Sukarmā, another disciple of Jaimini, was a great scholar. He divided the mighty tree of the Sāma Veda into one thousand saṁhitās. Then, O brāhmaṇa, three disciples of Sukarmā — Hiraṇyanābha, the son of Kuśala; Pauṣyañji; and Āvantya, who was very advanced in spiritual realization — took charge of the sāma-mantras.