बभ्रु: शिष्योऽथाङ्गिरस: सैन्धवायन एव च । अधीयेतां संहिते द्वे सावर्णाद्यास्तथापरे ॥ ३ ॥
babhruḥ śiṣyo ’thāṅgirasaḥ saindhavāyana eva ca adhīyetāṁ saṁhite dve sāvarṇādyās tathāpare
- babhruḥ
- Babhru
- śiṣyaḥ
- the disciple
- atha
- then
- aṅgirasaḥ
- of Śunaka (also known as Aṅgirā)
- saindhavāyanaḥ
- Saindhavāyana
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
- adhīyetām
- they learned
- saṁhite
- collections
- dve
- two
- sāvarṇa
- Sāvarṇa
- ādyāḥ
- headed by
- tathā
- similarly
- apare
- other disciples
Babhru and Saindhavāyana, disciples of Śunaka, studied the two divisions of their spiritual master’s compilation of the Atharva Veda. Saindhavāyana’s disciple Sāvarṇa and disciples of other great sages also studied this edition of the Atharva Veda.