Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.60

bahvṛcāḥ saḿhitā hy etā

ebhir brahmarṣibhir dhṛtāḥ

śrutvaitac-chandasāḿ vyāsaḿ

sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate

SYNONYMS

bahu-ṛcāḥ — of the Ṛg Veda; saḿhitāḥ — the collections; hi — indeed; etāḥ — these; ebhiḥ — by these; brahma-ṛṣibhiḥ — saintly brāhmaṇas; dhṛtāḥ — maintained through disciplic succession; śrutvā — hearing; etat — their; chandasām — of the sacred verses; vyāsam — the process of division; sarva-pāpaiḥ — from all sins; pramucyate — one becomes delivered.

TRANSLATION

Thus these various saḿhitās of the Ṛg Veda were maintained through disciplic succession by these saintly brāhmaṇas. Simply by hearing of this distribution of the Vedic hymns, one will be freed from all sins.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
His Holiness Hrdayananda dasa Goswami
Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari
Dravida dasa Brahmacari