शालिमञ्जरिपाकश्च शधीयः कानिनिश्च यः
Śālimañjaripāka, Śadhīya, and also Kāninī—
सामगानां तु सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठौ द्वौ परिकीर्त्तितौ
Of all the singers of Sāman, two are declared the foremost.
अथर्वाणं द्विधा कृत्वा सुमन्तुरददाद्द्विजाः
Sumantu divided the Atharva Veda into two and gave it to the twice-born.
कबन्धस्तु द्विधा कृत्वा पथ्यायैकं पुनर्ददौ
Kabandha, having divided it in two, gave one part again to Pathya.
मोदो ब्रह्मबलश्चैव पिप्पलादस्तथैव च
Modo, Brahmabala, and likewise Pippalāda—
देवदर्शस्य चत्वारः शिष्या ह्येते दृढव्रताः
These four steadfast disciples belonged to Devadarśa.
जाजलिः कुमुदादिश्च तृतीयः शौनकः स्मृतः
Jājali, Kumudādi, and the third is known as Śaunaka.
द्द्वितीयां संहितां धीमान्सैन्धवायनसंज्ञि ते
The wise one, called Saindhavāyana, [received] the second Saṃhitā.
नक्षत्रकल्पो वैतानस्तृतीयः संहिताविधिः
Nakṣatrakalpa, Vaitāna, and the third is Saṃhitāvidhi.
श्रेष्ठास्त्वथर्वणामेते संहितानां विकल्पकाः
These are the foremost among the Atharvans, arrangers of the Saṃhitās.
आत्रेयः सुमतिर्धीमान्काश्यपो ह्यकृतव्रणः
Ātreya, the wise Sumati, Kāśyapa, and Akṛtavraṇa,
सावर्णिः सोमदत्तिश्च सुशर्मा शांशपायनः
Sāvarṇi, Somadatti, Suśarmā, and Śāṃśapāyana.
त्रिभिस्तत्र कृतास्तिस्रः संहिताः पुनरेव हि
There, three collections were made again by the three.
मामिका तु चतुर्थी स्याच्चतस्रो मूलसंहिताः
But mine is the fourth; thus, there are four primary collections.
पाठान्तरे वृथाभूता वेदशाखा यथा तथा
Other recensions became redundant, just as with the branches of the Veda.
लौमहर्षणिका मूला ततः काश्यपिका परा
The Laumaharṣaṇika is the first root, then the Kāśyapika is the next.
शांशपायनिका चान्या नोदनार्थविभूषिता
Another is the Śāṃśapāyanika, adorned with the meanings of the Noda and Artha.
एताः पञ्चदशान्याश्च दशान्या दशभिस्तथा
These are fifteen; there are also ten others, and likewise ten more.
अष्टौ सामसहस्राणि सामानि च चतुर्द्दश
There are eight thousand Sāman hymns, and fourteen Sāman songs.
द्वादशैव सहस्राणि च्छन्द आध्वर्यवं स्मृतम्
There are said to be twelve thousand Chandas in the Ādhvaryava tradition.
सग्राम्यारण्यकं तस्मात्समन्त्रकरणं तथा
From that, with the Grāmya and Āraṇyaka portions, also comes the composition of mantras.
ग्राम्यारण्यं समन्त्रं तदृग्ब्राह्मणयजुः स्मृतम्
The Grāmya and Āraṇyaka, together with mantras, are known as Ṛg, Brāhmaṇa, and Yajus.
तथैव तैत्तिरीयाणां परक्षुद्रा इति स्मृतम्
Likewise, the Taittirīyas are known as the Parakṣudra.
ऋग्गमः परिसंख्यातो ब्राह्मणं तु चतुर्गुणम्
The Ṛg collection is enumerated, and the Brāhmaṇa is said to be four times that.
एतत्प्रमाणं यजुषामृचां च सशुक्रियं सखिलं याज्ञवल्क्यम्
This is the measure of the Yajus and Ṛc verses, including the Śukriya, all according to Yājñavalkya.
षट्सहस्रमृचामुक्तमृचः षड्विंशतिं पुनः
It is said there are six thousand Ṛc verses, and again twenty-six more.
एकादशसहस्राणि ऋचश्चान्या दशोत्तराः
There are eleven thousand Ṛc verses, plus ten more.
सहस्रमेकं मन्त्राणामृचामुक्तं प्रमाणतः
One thousand mantras of Ṛc are declared as the measure.
ऋचामथर्वणां पञ्चसहस्राणीति निश्चयः
The Ṛc of the Atharvans are certainly five thousand.
एतदङ्गिरसां प्रोक्तं तेषामारण्यकं पुनः
This is what is spoken of the Āṅgirasas; their Āraṇyaka is again described.