श्रीशौनक उवाच पैलादिभिर्व्यासशिष्यैर्वेदाचार्यैर्महात्मभि: । वेदाश्च कथिता व्यस्ता एतत् सौम्याभिधेहि न: ॥ ३६ ॥
śrī-śaunaka uvāca pailādibhir vyāsa-śiṣyair vedācāryair mahātmabhiḥ vedāś ca kathitā vyastā etat saumyābhidhehi naḥ
- śrī-śaunakaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śaunaka Ṛṣi said
- paila-ādibhiḥ
- by Paila and others
- vyāsa-śiṣyaiḥ
- the disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva
- veda-ācāryaiḥ
- the standard authorities of the Vedas
- mahā-ātmabhiḥ
- whose intelligence was very great
- vedāḥ
- the Vedas
- ca
- and
- kathitāḥ
- spoken
- vyastāḥ
- divided
- etat
- this
- saumya
- O gentle Sūta
- abhidhehi
- please narrate
- naḥ
- to us
Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: O gentle Sūta, please narrate to us how Paila and the other greatly intelligent disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who are known as the standard authorities of Vedic wisdom, spoke and edited the Vedas.