बह्वृचा: संहिता ह्येता एभिर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्धृता: । श्रुत्वैतच्छन्दसां व्यासं सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते ॥ ६० ॥
bahvṛcāḥ saṁhitā hy etā ebhir brahmarṣibhir dhṛtāḥ śrutvaitac-chandasāṁ vyāsaṁ sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate
- bahu-ṛcāḥ
- of the Ṛg Veda
- saṁhitāḥ
- the collections
- hi
- indeed
- etāḥ
- these
- ebhiḥ
- by these
- brahma-ṛṣibhiḥ
- saintly brāhmaṇas
- dhṛtāḥ
- maintained through disciplic succession
- śrutvā
- hearing
- etat
- their
- chandasām
- of the sacred verses
- vyāsam
- the process of division
- sarva-pāpaiḥ
- from all sins
- pramucyate
- one becomes delivered
Thus these various saṁhitās of the Ṛg Veda were maintained through disciplic succession by these saintly brāhmaṇas. Simply by hearing of this distribution of the Vedic hymns, one will be freed from all sins.