तासां स चतुर: शिष्यानुपाहूय महामति: । एकैकां संहितां ब्रह्मन्नेकैकस्मै ददौ विभु: ॥ ५१ ॥
tāsāṁ sa caturaḥ śiṣyān upāhūya mahā-matiḥ ekaikāṁ saṁhitāṁ brahmann ekaikasmai dadau vibhuḥ
- tāsām
- of those four collections
- saḥ
- he
- caturaḥ
- four
- śiṣyān
- disciples
- upāhūya
- calling near
- mahā-matiḥ
- the powerfully intelligent sage
- eka-ekām
- one by one
- saṁhitām
- a collection
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa
- eka-ekasmai
- to each of them
- dadau
- he gave
- vibhuḥ
- the powerful Vyāsadeva
The most powerful and intelligent Vyāsadeva called four of his disciples, O brāhmaṇa, and entrusted to each of them one of these four saṁhitās.