Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 77
Parīkṣit’s Final Absorption, Takṣaka’s Bite, Janamejaya’s Snake Sacrifice, and the Vedic Sound-Lineage
सुकर्मा चापि तच्छिष्य: सामवेदतरोर्महान् । सहस्रसंहिताभेदं चक्रे साम्नां ततो द्विज ॥ ७६ ॥ हिरण्यनाभ: कौशल्य: पौष्यञ्जिश्च सुकर्मण: । शिष्यौ जगृहतुश्चान्य आवन्त्यो ब्रह्मवित्तम: ॥ ७७ ॥
sukarmā cāpi tac-chiṣyaḥ sāma-veda-taror mahān sahasra-saṁhitā-bhedaṁ cakre sāmnāṁ tato dvija
Sukarmā, otro discípulo de Jaimini, fue un gran erudito. Oh brāhmaṇa, dividió el poderoso árbol del Sāma Veda en mil saṁhitās. Luego, tres discípulos de Sukarmā—Hiraṇyanābha, hijo de Kuśala; Pauṣyañji; y Āvantya, muy avanzado en la realización de Brahman—se hicieron cargo de los mantras sāma.
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It states that Sukarmā, in the Sāma-veda lineage, divided the Sāma hymns into a thousand saṁhitās (distinct compilations/recensions).
This chapter recounts how Vedic knowledge was preserved and organized through disciplic succession; Sukarmā is cited as the key transmitter who systematized the Sāma Veda into many recensions.
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