त एत ऋषयो वेदं स्वं स्वं व्यस्यन्ननेकधा । शिष्यै: प्रशिष्यैस्तच्छिष्यैर्वेदास्ते शाखिनोऽभवन् ॥ २३ ॥
ta eta rsayo vedam svam svam vyasyann anekadha sisyaih prasisyais tac-chisyair vedas te sakhino ’bhavan
- te
- they
- ete
- all these
- rsayah
- learned scholars
- vedam
- the respective Vedas
- svam svam
- in their own entrusted matters
- vyasyan
- rendered
- anekadha
- many
- sisyaih
- disciples
- prasisyaih
- grand-disciples
- tat-sisyaih
- great grand-disciples
- vedah te
- followers of the respective Vedas
- sakhinah
- different branches
- abhavan
- thus became.
All these learned scholars, in their turn, rendered their entrusted Vedas unto their many disciples, grand-disciples and great grand-disciples, and thus the respective branches of the followers of the Vedas came into being.