Shloka 56
Parīkṣit’s Final Absorption, Takṣaka’s Bite, Janamejaya’s Snake Sacrifice, and the Vedic Sound-Lineage
पैल: स्वसंहितामूचे इन्द्रप्रमितये मुनि: । बाष्कलाय च सोऽप्याह शिष्येभ्य: संहितां स्वकाम् ॥ ५४ ॥ चतुर्धा व्यस्य बोध्याय याज्ञवल्क्याय भार्गव । पराशरायाग्निमित्र इन्द्रप्रमितिरात्मवान् ॥ ५५ ॥ अध्यापयत् संहितां स्वां माण्डूकेयमृषिं कविम् । तस्य शिष्यो देवमित्र: सौभर्यादिभ्य ऊचिवान् ॥ ५६ ॥
pailaḥ sva-saṁhitām ūce indrapramitaye muniḥ bāṣkalāya ca so ’py āha śiṣyebhyaḥ saṁhitāṁ svakām
自制のインドラプラミティは自らのサンヒターを学識ある行者マーンḍூケーヤに授け、その弟子デーヴァミトラがサウバリらへ伝えた。
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Māṇḍūkeya was the son of Indrapramiti, from whom he received Vedic knowledge.
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