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Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 1

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते पूर्वभागे द्वितीये ऽनुषङ्गपादे व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम चतुस्त्रिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच देवमित्रश्च शाकल्यो महात्मा द्विजपुङ्गवः / चकार संहिताः पञ्च बुद्धिमान्वेदवित्तमः

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde vyāsaśiṣyotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca devamitraśca śākalyo mahātmā dvijapuṅgavaḥ / cakāra saṃhitāḥ pañca buddhimānvedavittamaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the former section spoken by Vāyu, in the second Anuṣaṅgapāda, is the thirty-fourth chapter called “The Account of the Origin of Vyāsa’s Disciples.” Sūta said: Devamitra and Śākalya, a great-souled best of the twice-born, wise and foremost among knowers of the Vedas, composed five Saṃhitās.

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीब्रह्माण्डेin the Śrī-Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa)

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

वायुप्रोक्तेspoken by Vāyu

पूर्वभागेin the earlier section

द्वितीयेin the second

अनुषङ्गपादेin the Anuṣaṅga-pāda

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णनम्the description of the origin of Vyāsa’s disciples

नामnamed

चतुस्त्रिंशत्तमःthirty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

सूतःSūta

उवाचsaid

देवमित्रःDevamitra

चand

शाकल्यःŚākalya

महात्माgreat-souled

द्विजपुङ्गवःbull among the twice-born (best Brāhmaṇa)

चकारmade/composed

संहिताःcollections/saṃhitās

पञ्चfive

बुद्धिमान्intelligent

वेदवित्तमःbest knower of the Veda