तत्रर्ग्वेदधर: पैल: सामगो जैमिनि: कवि: । वैशम्पायन एवैको निष्णातो यजुषामुत ॥ २१ ॥
tatrarg-veda-dharah pailah samago jaiminih kavih vaisampayana evaiko nisnato yajusam uta
- tatra
- thereupon
- rg-veda-dharah
- the professor of the Rg Veda
- pailah
- the rsi named Paila
- sama-gah
- that of the Sama Veda
- jaiminih
- the rsi named Jaimini
- kavih
- highly qualified
- vaisampayanah
- the rsi named Vaisampayana
- eva
- only
- ekah
- alone
- nisnatah
- well versed
- yajusam
- of the Yajur Veda
- uta
- glorified.
After the Vedas were divided into four divisions, Paila Rsi became the professor of the Rg Veda, Jaimini the professor of the Sama Veda, and Vaisampayana alone became glorified by the Yajur Veda.