The legend of Yājñavalkya’s receiving the Veda from the Sun-God - Verse 56
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 35 · Verse 56
Sanskrit Original
कबन्धाय पुनः कृष्णं स च विद्वान्यथाश्रुतम। कबन्धस्तु द्विधा कृत्वा पथ्यायैकं पुनर्ददौ।।
kabandhāya punaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ sa ca vidvānyathāśrutam| kabandhastu dvidhā kṛtvā pathyāyaikaṃ punardadau||
Yājñavalkya said:: He gave Kabandha the black (Atharvan Mantra). That scholar Kabandha classified it into two even as he listened to it and passed them on, one to Pathya and the second to Devadarśa. That lordly sage classified it into four. Devadarśa’s four disciples were Moda, Brahmabala, Pippalāda and Śaulkāyani was the fourth one. He was conversant with Dharma and he was established (and engrossed) in penance. All these four disciples of Devadarśa were firm observers of holy rites.