Å›auklÄyanir brahmabalir
modoá¹£aḥ pippalÄyaniḥ
vedadarÅ›asya Å›iá¹£yÄs te
pathya-Å›iá¹£yÄn atho śṛṇu
kumudaḥ śunako brahman
jÄjaliÅ› cÄpy atharva-vit
Å›auklÄyaniḥ brahmabaliḥ - ÅšauklÄyani and Brahmabali; modoá¹£aḥ pippalÄyaniḥ - Modoá¹£a and PippalÄyani; vedadarÅ›asya - of VedadarÅ›a; Å›iá¹£yÄḥ - the disciples; te - they; pathya-Å›iá¹£yÄn - the disciples of Pathya; atho - furthermore; śṛṇu - please hear; kumudaḥ Å›unakaḥ - Kumuda and Åšunaka; brahman - O brÄhmaṇa, Åšaunaka; jÄjaliḥ - JÄjali; ca - and; api - also; atharva-vit - full in knowledge of the Atharva Veda.
ÅšauklÄyani, Brahmabali, Modoá¹£a and PippalÄyani were disciples of VedadarÅ›a. Hear from me also the names of the disciples of Pathya. My dear brÄhmaṇa, they are Kumuda, Åšunaka and JÄjali, all of whom knew the Atharva Veda very well.
According to ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ«, VedadarÅ›a divided his edition of the Atharva Veda into four parts and instructed them to his four disciples. Pathya divided his edition into three parts and instructed it to the three disciples mentioned here.
