तत: सप्तदशे जात: सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् । चक्रे वेदतरो: शाखा दृष्ट्वा पुंसोऽल्पमेधस: ॥ २१ ॥
tatah saptadase jatah satyavatyam parasarat cakre veda-taroh sakha drstva pumso ’lpa-medhasah
- tatah
- thereafter
- saptadase
- in the seventeenth incarnation
- jatah
- advented
- satyavatyam
- in the womb of Satyavati
- parasarat
- by Parasara Muni
- cakre
- prepared
- veda-taroh
- of the desire tree of the Vedas
- sakhah
- branches
- drstva
- be seeing
- pumsah
- the people in general
- alpa-medhasah
- less intelligent.
Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Sri Vyasadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavati through Parasara Muni, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and subbranches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent.