sÅ«ta uvÄca
atharva-vit sumantuÅ› ca
Å›iá¹£yam adhyÄpayat svakÄm
saá¹hitÄá¹ so 'pi pathyÄya
vedadarÅ›Äya coktavÄn
sÅ«taḥ uvÄca - SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said; atharva-vit - the expert knower of the Atharva Veda; sumantuḥ - Sumantu; ca - and; Å›iá¹£yam - to his disciple; adhyÄpayat - instructed; svakÄm - his own; saá¹hitÄm - collection; saḥ - he, the disciple of Sumantu; api - also; pathyÄya - to Pathya; vedadarÅ›Äya - to VedadarÅ›a; ca - and; uktavÄn - spoke.
SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saá¹hitÄ to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and VedadarÅ›a.
As confirmed in the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa:
atharva-vedaṠsa muniḥ
sumantur amita-dyutiḥ
Å›iá¹£yam adhyÄpayÄm Äsa
kabandhaá¹ so ’pi ca dvidhÄ
ká¹›tvÄ tu vedadarÅ›Äya
tathÄ pathyÄya dattavÄn
“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 VedadarÅ›a and Pathya.â€
