VISHNU PURANA. - BOOK
III.
CHAP. VI.--Divisions of the Sama-veda: of the Atharva-veda. Four Pauranik Sanhitas. Names of the eighteen Puranas. Branches of knowledge. Classes of Rishis.
CHAP. VI.
Divisions of the
Sama-veda: of the Atharva-veda. Four Pauranik Sanhitas. Names of the eighteen
Puranas. Branches of knowledge. Classes of Rishis.
YOU shall now hear,
Maitreya, how Jaimini, the pupil of Vyasa, divided the branches of the
Sama-veda. The son of Jaimini was Sumantu, and his son was Sukarman, who both
studied the same Sanhita under Jaimini. The latter composed the Sahasra Sanhita
(or compilation of a thousand hymns, &c.), which he taught to two
disciples, Hiranyanabha, also named Kaus'alya (or of Kos'ala), and Paushyinji.
Fifteen disciples of the latter were the authors of as many Sanhitas: they were
called the northern chaunters of the Saman. As many more, also the disciples of
Hiranyanabha, were termed the eastern chaunters of the Saman, founding an equal
number of schools. Lokakshi, Kuthumi, Kushidi, and Langali were the pupils of
Paushyinji; and by them and their disciples many other branches were formed.
Whilst another scholar of Hiranyanabha, named Kriti, taught twenty-four Sanhitas
to as many pupils; and by them, again, was the Sama-veda divided into numerous
branches.
I will now give you
an account of the Sanhitas of the Atharva-veda. The illustrious Muni Sumantu
taught this Veda to his pupil Kabandha, who made it twofold, and communicated
the two portions to Devaders'a and to Pathya. The disciples of Devaders'a were
Maudga, Brahmabali,
S'aulkayani, and
Pippalada. Pathya had three pupils, Jajali, Kumudadi, and S'aunaka; and by all
these were separate branches instituted. S'aunaka having divided his Sanhita
into two, gave one to Babhru, and the other to Saindhavayana; and from them
sprang two schools, the Saindhavas and Munjakes'as. The principal subjects of
difference in the Sanhitas of the Atharva-veda are the five Kalpas or
ceremonials: the Nakshatra Kalpa, or rules for worshipping the planets; the
Vaitana Kalpa, or rules for oblations, according to the Vedas generally; the
Sanhita Kalpa, or rules for sacrifices, according to different schools; the
Angirasa Kalpa, incantations and prayers for the destruction of foes and the
like; and the Santi Kalpa, or prayers for averting evil.
Accomplished in the
purport of the Puranas, Vyasa compiled a Pauranik Sanhita, consisting of
historical and legendary traditions, prayers and hymns, and sacred chronology.
He had a distinguished disciple, Suta, also termed Romaharshana, and to him the
great Muni communicated the Puranas. Suta had six scholars, Sumati,
Agnivarchas, Mitrayu, S'ans'apayana, Akritavrana, who is also called Kas'yapa,
and Saverni. The three last composed three fundamental Sanhitas; and
Romaharshana himself compiled a fourth, called Romaharshanika. The substance of
which four Sanhitas is collected into this (Vishnu) Purana.
The first of all the
Puranas is entitled the Brahma. Those who are acquainted with the Puranas
enumerate eighteen, or the Brahma, Padma, Vaishnava, S'aiva, Bhagavata,
Naradiya, Markandeya, Agneya, Bhavishyat, Brahma Vaivartta, Lainga, Varaha,
Skanda, Vamana, Kaurmma, Matsya, Garura, Brahmanda. The creation of the world,
and its successive reproductions, the genealogies of the patriarchs and kings,
the periods of the Manus, and the transactions of the royal dynasties, are
narrated in all these Puranas. This Purana which I have repeated to you,
Maitreya, is called the Vaishnava, and is next in the series to the Padma; and
in every part of it, in its narratives of primary and subsidiary creation, of
families, and of periods, the mighty Vishnu is declared in this Purana.
The four Vedas, the
six Angas (or subsidiary portions of the Vedas, viz. S'iksha, rules of reciting
the prayers, the accents and tones to be observed; Kalpa, ritual; Vyakarana,
grammar; Nirukta, glossarial comment; Chhandas, metre; and Jyotish,
(astronomy), with Mimansa (theology), Nyaya (logic), Dharma (the institutes of
law), and the Puranas, constitute the fourteen principal branches of knowledge:
or they are considered as eighteen, with the addition of these four; the
Ayur-veda, medical science (as taught by Dhanwantari); Dhanur-veda, the science
of archery or arms, taught by Bhrigu; Gandharba-veda, or the drama, and the
arts of music, dancing, &c., of which the Muni Bharata was the author; and
the Artha s'astram, or science of government, as laid down first by Vrihaspati.
There are three
kinds of Rishis, or inspired sages; royal Rishis, or princes who have adopted a
life of devotion, as Viswamitra; divine Rishis, or sages who are demigods also,
as Narada; and Brahman Rishis, or sages who are the sons of Brahma, or Brahmans,
as Vas'ishtha and others.
I have thus
described to you the branches of the Vedas, and their subdivisions; the persons
by whom they were made; and the reason why they were made (or the limited
capacities of mankind). The same branches are instituted in the different
Manwantaras. The primitive Veda, that of the progenitor of all things, is
eternal: these branches are but its modifications (or Vikalpas).
I have thus related
to you, Maitreya, the circumstances relating to the Vedas, which you desired to
hear. Of what else do you wish to be informed?
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वैराग्यशतकम्, योगी
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