Dighanikaya 3.285

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Pavattāroti pavattayitāro. Yesanti yesaṃ santakaṃ. Mantapadanti vedasaṅkhātaṃ mantameva. Gītanti aṭṭhakādīhi dasahi porāṇakabrāhmaṇehi sarasampattivasena sajjhāyitaṃ. Pavuttanti aññesaṃ vuttaṃ, vācitanti attho. Samihitanti samupabyūḷhaṃ rāsikataṃ, piṇḍaṃ katvā ṭhapitanti attho. Tadanugāyantīti etarahi brāhmaṇā taṃ tehi pubbe gītaṃ anugāyanti anusajjhāyanti. Tadanubhāsantīti taṃ anubhāsanti, idaṃ purimasseva vevacanaṃ. Bhāsitamanubhāsantīti tehi bhāsitaṃ sajjhāyitaṃ anusajjhāyanti. Vācitamanuvācentīti tehi aññesaṃ vācitaṃ anuvācenti.

“Makers” means those who make. “Of whom” means belonging to whom. “Verses of the mantras” means the very mantras consisting of the Vedas. “Chanted” means recited through vocal perfection by the ten ancient brahmins, Aṭṭhaka and the others. “Uttered” means spoken to others; taught is the meaning. “Compiled” means gathered, collected, put together into a whole; that is the meaning. “They sing along after” means the brahmins of today sing along after, recite along after, what was chanted by them in the past. “They speak along after” means they repeat that; this is a synonym for the preceding term. “They repeat what was spoken” means they recite along after what was spoken and recited by them. “They recite along after what was taught” means they teach along after what was taught by them to others.