In English
The seers who saw the hymns of the Veda, chanted and communicated them. They were 403 in number. is the foremost of them, with 104 hymns which he visualised. There is a story about the sage who sought to visualise all that has to be known through the Vedhic Voice of God. He prayed to the Lord of Heaven, , to give him longer and longer leases of life but , after obliging him more than once, laughed at his tenacity and said, pointing to a huge mountain range facing him, "All that you have mastered so far is but three handfuls of sand, from these peaks. How can you ever master the Veda fully?" But, the sage did not wince. He said, "I shall bear the burden gladly". Burden in Sanskrit is and bearing is . So, he was known as . and are the other seers of note, whose visions helped the origination of 56 and 27 hymns or . has contributed another 56.