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Appearance of Śrī Nārada
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PURPORT
The different  Vedas  were entrusted to different learned scholars for development in various ways.
TEXT 22
अथर्वाङ्गिरसायासत्सुयन्तुदर्शिणो मुनिः । इतिहासपुराणानां पिता मे रोमहर्षणः ॥२२॥
atharvāṅgirasām āsīt sumantur dāruṇo muniḥ itihāsa-purāṇānām pitā me romaharṣaṇaḥ
atharva —the  Atharva-veda ;  aṅgirasām —unto the  ṛṣi Aṅgirā ;  āsīt —was entrusted;  sumantuḥ —also known as Sumantu Muni;  dāruṇaḥ —seriously devoted to the  Atharva-veda ;  muniḥ —the sage;  itihāsa-purāṇānām —of the historical records like the  Purāṇas ;  pitā —father;  me —mine;  romaharṣaṇaḥ —the  ṛṣi Romaharṣaṇa .
TRANSLATION
The Sumantu Muni Aṅgirā, who was very devotedly engaged, was entrusted with the  Atharva-veda . And my father Romaharṣaṇa was entrusted with the  Purāṇas  and historical records.
PURPORT
In the  Śruti-mantras  also it is stated that Aṅgirā Muni, who strictly followed the rigid principles of the  Atharva-vedas , was the leader of the followers of the  Atharva-vedas .
TEXT 23
त एत ऋषयो वेदं स्वं स्वं व्यस्यन्ननेकथा । शिष्यैः प्रशिष्यैस्तच्छिष्यैर्वेदास्ते शाखिनोऽभवन् ॥२३॥
ta eta ṛṣayo vedam svam svam vyasyann anekadhā śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyais tac-chiṣyair vedās te śākhino'bhavan