कश्यपोऽहं च सावर्णी रामशिष्योऽकृतव्रण: । अधीमहि व्यासशिष्याच्चत्वारो मूलसंहिता: ॥ ७ ॥
kaśyapo ’haṁ ca sāvarṇī rāma-śiṣyo ’kṛtavraṇaḥ adhīmahi vyāsa-śiṣyāc catvāro mūla-saṁhitāḥ
- kaśyapaḥ
- Kaśyapa
- aham
- I
- ca
- and
- sāvarṇiḥ
- Sāvarṇi
- rāma-śiṣyaḥ
- a disciple of Rāma
- akṛtavraṇaḥ
- namely Akṛtavraṇa
- adhīmahi
- we have assimilated
- vyāsa-śiṣyāt
- from the disciple of Vyāsa (Romaharṣaṇa)
- catvāraḥ
- four
- mūla-saṁhitāḥ
- basic collections
Romaharṣaṇa, a disciple of Vedavyāsa, divided the Purāṇas into four basic compilations. The sage Kaśyapa and I, along with Sāvarṇi and Akṛtavraṇa, a disciple of Rāma, learned these four divisions.