SB 12.7.1
Devanāgarī
सूत उवाच अथर्ववित्सुमन्तुश्च शिष्यमध्यापयत् स्वकाम् । संहितां सोऽपि पथ्याय वेददर्शाय चोक्तवान् ॥ १ ॥
Text
sūta uvāca atharva-vit sumantuś ca śiṣyam adhyāpayat svakām saṁhitāṁ so ’pi pathyāya vedadarśāya coktavān
Synonyms
sūtaḥuvāca—Sūta Gosvāmī said;atharva-vit—the expert knower of theAtharva Veda;sumantuḥ—Sumantu;ca—and;śiṣyam—to his disciple;adhyāpayat—instructed;svakām—his own;saṁhitām—collection;saḥ—he, the disciple of Sumantu;api—also;pathyāya—to Pathya;vedadarśāya—to Vedadarśa;ca—and;uktavān—spoke.
Translation
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Sumantu Ṛṣi, the authority on the Atharva Veda, taught his saṁhitā to his disciple Kabandha, who in turn spoke it to Pathya and Vedadarśa.
Purport
As confirmed in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa:
atharva-vedaṁ sa muniḥ sumantur amita-dyutiḥ śiṣyam adhyāpayām āsa kabandhaṁ so ’pi ca dvidhā kṛtvā tu vedadarśāya tathā pathyāya dattavān
“That sage Sumantu, whose brilliance was immeasurable, taught the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha. Kabandha in turn divided it into two parts and passed them down to Vedadarśa and Pathya.”
atharva-vedaṁ sa muniḥ sumantur amita-dyutiḥ śiṣyam adhyāpayām āsa kabandhaṁ so ’pi ca dvidhā kṛtvā tu vedadarśāya tathā pathyāya dattavān
“That sage Sumantu, whose brilliance was immeasurable, taught the Atharva Veda to his disciple Kabandha. Kabandha in turn divided it into two parts and passed them down to Vedadarśa and Pathya.”