ऋगथर्वयजु:साम्नां राशीरुद्धृत्य वर्गश: । चतस्र: संहिताश्चक्रे मन्त्रैर्मणिगणा इव ॥ ५० ॥
ṛg-atharva-yajuḥ-sāmnāṁ rāśīr uddhṛtya vargaśaḥ catasraḥ saṁhitāś cakre mantrair maṇi-gaṇā iva
- ṛk-atharva-yajuḥ-sāmnām
- of the Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas
- rāśīḥ
- the accumulation (of mantras)
- uddhṛtya
- separating out
- vargaśaḥ
- in specific categories
- catasraḥ
- four
- saṁhitāḥ
- collections
- cakre
- he made
- mantraiḥ
- with the mantras
- maṇi-gaṇāḥ
- gems
- iva
- just as
Śrīla Vyāsadeva separated the mantras of the Ṛg, Atharva, Yajur and Sāma Vedas into four divisions, just as one sorts out a mixed collection of jewels into piles. Thus he composed four distinct Vedic literatures.