SB 12.6.60
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
TEXT 60
bahvṛcāḥ saṁhitā hy etā
ebhir brahmarṣibhir dhṛtāḥ
śrutvaitac-chandasāṁ vyāsaṁ
sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
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.
