तस्य शिष्यप्रशिष्येभ्यःसंहितां तामधीतवान
From his disciples and their disciples, that Saṃhitā was studied.
चकार संहिताः पञ्च शिष्येभ्यः प्रददौ च ताः । तस्य शिष्यास्तु ये पञ्च तेषां नामानि मे श्वृणा
He composed five Saṃhitās and gave them to his disciples; listen to the names of those five disciples.
मुदूगलो गोमुखश्चैव वात्स्यः शालीय एब च। शिशिरः पञ्चमश्चासीन्मत्रेय! सुमहामुनिः
Mudugala, Gomukha, Vātsya, Śālīya, and the fifth, Śiśira—the great sage, O Maitreya.
संहितात्रितयं चक्र शाकपूर्णिरथतरम । निरुक्तमकरोत् तदूज्वतुर्थं मुनिसत्तम
Śākapūrṇi then composed three Saṃhitās, and the noble sage Ujvatu created the Nirukta.
क्रौञ्चो वैतालिकस्तदूदू बलाकश्व महामतिः । निरुक्तकृज्वतुर्थोऽभूदू वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः
Krauñca, Vaitālika, and the wise Balāka—these were the creators of the Nirukta, learned in the Veda and its limbs.
इत्येताः प्रतिशाखाभ्योऽप्यनुशाखा द्रिजोत्तम ! बास्कलिश्चापरास्तिस्त्रः संहिताः कृतवान द्रिज
Thus, O best of the twice-born, from these branches arose further sub-branches; and Bāskali composed three other Saṃhitās.
शिष्यः कालायनिर्गार्ग्यस्तृतीयश्च कथाजवः । इत्येत बहुधा प्रोक्ताः संहिता यैः प्रवर्तिताः
His disciples were Kālāyani, Gārgya, and the third, Kathājava; thus, the many Saṃhitās have been described, and those by whom they were set forth.
पराशर उवाच । यजुर्वेदतरोः शाखाः सप्तविंशन्महामतिः । वैशम्पायननामासौ व्यासशिष्यश्चकार वै
Parāśara said: The wise Vaiśampāyana, a disciple of Vyāsa, composed twenty-seven branches of the Yajur Veda.
शिष्येभ्यः प्रददौ ताश्च जगृहुस्तेऽप्यनुक्रमात् । याज्ञवल्क्यस्तु तत्राभूद् ब्रह्मरातसुतो द्रिजः
He gave these to his disciples, and they in turn received them in succession; among them was Yājñavalkya, the son of Brahmarāta, O twice-born.
शिष्यः परधर्मज्ञो गुरुवृत्तिपरः सदा । ऋषिर्योऽद्य महामेरौः समाजे नागमिष्यति
He was a disciple, learned in the ways of righteousness, always devoted to serving his teacher, and is the sage who will not come to the assembly on Mahāmeru today.
तस्य वै सप्तरात्रात्तु ब्रह्महत्या भविष्यति । पूर्वमेवं मुनिगणैः समयोऽभूत् कृतो द्रिज
For him, after seven nights, there will be the sin of Brahmin-slaying; this rule was previously established by the assembly of sages, O twice-born.
वैशम्पायन एकस्तु तं व्यतिक्रान्तवांस्तदा । स्वस्त्रीयं बालकं रोऽथ पदास्पृष्टमघातयत्
At that time, only Vaiśampāyana transgressed it; he struck his own young nephew, who was his sister’s son, with his foot.
शिष्यानाह स भोः शिष्य! ब्रह्महत्यापहं ब्रतम् । चरध्व मत्कृते सर्वे न विचार्यमिदं तथा
He said to his disciples, 'O disciples! For my sake, all of you must undertake the vow that removes the sin of Brahmin-slaying; do not question this.'
अथाह याज्ञबल्क्यस्तु किमेभिर्भगवन् ! द्रिजैः । क्लेशितैरल्पतेजोभिश्वरिष्येऽहमिदं व्रतम्
Then Yājñavalkya said, 'Revered one, what need have I of these twice-born, who are troubled and of little energy? I alone shall undertake this vow.'
ततः क्रु द्धो गुरुः प्राह याज्ञवल्क्यं महामतिः । मुच्यतां यत् त्वयाधात मत्तो विप्रावमानक
Then the teacher, greatly angered, said to the wise Yājñavalkya, 'Give up what you have received from me, O one who has shown disrespect to the Brāhmaṇas.'
निस्तेजसो वदस्येनान् यस्त्वं ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवान् । तेन शिष्येण नार्थोऽस्ति ममाज्ञाभङ्गकारिणा
'Since you speak thus of these Brāhmaṇas as lacking energy, there is no purpose for me with a disciple who disobeys my command.'
याज्ञवल्क्यस्ततः प्राह भत्तयैतत्ते मयोदितम् । ममाप्यलं त्वयाधीतं यन्मया तदिदं द्रिज
Then Yājñavalkya said, 'O Bhattayā, what you have asked has been explained by me. You have sufficiently learned from me all that I know, O twice-born.'
इत्युक्तो रुधिराक्तानि सरूपाणि यजू षि सः । छर्दयित्वा ददौ तस्मै ययौ स स्वेच्छया मुनिः
Thus addressed, he vomited the Yajur Veda formulas, stained with blood and in their original form, and gave them to him; then the sage departed as he wished.
यजू ष्यथ विसृष्टानि याज्ञवल्क्येन वै द्रिज । जगृहुस्तित्तिरा भूत्वा तैत्तिरीयास्तु ते ततः
Then, O twice-born, the Yajur Veda formulas released by Yājñavalkya were taken up by those who became partridges, and from them they became known as the Taittirīyas.
ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं चीर्णं गुरुणा चोदितैस्तु यैः । चरकाध्वर्यवस्ते तु चरणान्मुनिसत्तम
Those who, prompted by their teacher, performed the vow for the expiation of Brahminicide became the Caraka Adhvaryus, O best of sages.
याज्ञवल्क्योऽपि मैत्रेय! प्रामायामपरायणः । तुष्टाव प्रयतः सूर्यं यजूष्यबिलषंस्ततः
And Yājñavalkya too, O Maitreya, devoted to supreme purity, worshipped the Sun with concentrated mind, desiring to obtain the Yajur Veda formulas.
नमः सवित्रे द्राराय विमुक्तेः सिततेजसे । ऋगूयजुः सामभूताय त्रयीधामवते नमः
Salutations to Savitṛ, the supporter, the liberator, of pure radiance; to the one who is the essence of Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma, the embodiment of the threefold Veda—salutations.
नमोऽग्रीषोमभूताय जगतः कारणात्मने । भास्कराय परं तेजः सौषुम्नमुरु बिभ्रते
Salutations to the one who is Agni and Soma, the very cause of the universe; to Bhāskara, who bears the supreme brilliance and the great rays of Sūṣumna.
कलाकाष्ठानिमेषादिकालज्ञानात्मने नमः । ध्येयाय विष्णुरूपाय परमाक्षररूपिणे
Salutations to the one whose essence is the knowledge of time—of kalās, kāṣṭhās, and nimeṣas; to the one to be meditated upon, who is of Viṣṇu's form, the embodiment of the supreme imperishable.
बिभर्त्ति यः सुरगणानाप्याय्येन्दु खरश्मिभिः । सुधामृतेन च पितॄ स्तस्मै तृप्तात्मने नमः
He who nourishes the hosts of gods with his fierce rays, and the ancestors with nectar—salutations to him, whose self is satisfaction.
हिमाम्बुघर्मवृष्टीनां कर्ता हर्ता च यः प्रभुः । तस्मै त्रिकालरूपाय नमः सूर्य्याय वेधसे
He who is the lord who creates and destroys snow, water, heat, and rain—salutations to Sūrya, the creator, who is the form of the three times.
यो हन्ति तिमिराण्येको जगतोऽस्य जगर्त्पातः । सत्त्वधामधरो देवो नमस्तस्मै विवस्वते
He alone dispels the darkness, he is the awakener of this world; the god who upholds the abode of existence—salutations to that Vivasvat.
सत्कर्मयोग्यो न जनो नैवापः सौचकारणम् । यस्मिन्ननुदिते तस्मै नमो देवाय वेधसे
No one is fit for righteous acts, nor is water a cause of purity, when he has not risen; to that god, the creator, salutations.
स्पृष्टो यदंशुबिर्लोकः क्रियायोग्योऽभिजायते । पवित्रताकारणाय तस्मै शुद्धात्मने नमः
When the world is touched by his rays, it becomes fit for action; to him, the pure self, who is the cause of purity, salutations.
नमः सवित्रे सूर्याय भास्कराय विवस्वते । आदित्यायादिबूताय देवादीनां नमो नमः
Salutations to Savitṛ, to Sūrya, to Bhāskara, to Vivasvat; to Āditya, the primal being, to the foremost of the gods—salutations, salutations.