Shloka 13
वेदव्यासः, चातुर्होत्रम्, ऋग्वेदशाखाः
Vyāsa’s Veda-division and Ṛgveda lineages
ततः स ऋच उद्धृत्य ऋग्वेदं कृतवान् मुनिः यजूंषि च यजुर्वेदं सामवेदं च सामभिः
tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ kṛtavān muniḥ yajūṃṣi ca yajurvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca sāmabhiḥ
Depois, o sábio, extraindo os versos ṛc, compôs o Ṛgveda; das fórmulas yajus constituiu o Yajurveda, e dos cânticos sāman formou o Sāmaveda.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents the Vedas as deliberately organized into functional streams—hymn, ritual formula, and chant—so dharma and yajña can be preserved and practiced clearly across ages.
Parāśara describes a sage (contextually Vyāsa) as selecting and arranging different kinds of sacred utterance—ṛc, yajus, and sāman—into distinct Vedic collections.
Even while speaking of Vedic compilation, the Purana’s underlying stance is that cosmic order and revealed knowledge ultimately rest on Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty, with the Vedas serving as instruments of that order through dharma and yajña.