Śaunaka Ṛṣi said: O gentle Sūta, please narrate to us how Paila and the other greatly intelligent disciples of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, who are known as the standard authorities of Vedic wisdom, spoke and edited the Vedas.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
शौनक उवाच । पैलादिभिर्व्यासशिष्यैर्वेदाचार्यैर्महात्मभिः । वेदाश्च कथिता व्यस्ता एतत्सौम्याभिधेहि नः
śaunaka uvāca | pailādibhirvyāsaśiṣyairvedācāryairmahātmabhiḥ | vedāśca kathitā vyastā etatsaumyābhidhehi naḥ
SB 12.6.36