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Shloka 29

यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः

Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation

Devanagari script

यजूंषि यैर् अधीतानि तानि विप्रैर् द्विजोत्तम वाजिनस् ते समाख्याताः सूर्यो ऽश्वः सो ऽभवद् यतः

Transliteration

yajūṃṣi yair adhītāni tāni viprair dvijottama vājinas te samākhyātāḥ sūryo 'śvaḥ so 'bhavad yataḥ

Translation

O best of the twice-born, the Brahmins who mastered those Yajus hymns came to be known as Vājinas, for from that very cause the Sun became the Horse.

Word by Word
यजूंषिYajus formulas
यजूंषि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
यैःby whom / with which (persons)
यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक
अधीतानिstudied/learnt
अधीतानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधि + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; यजूंषि-विशेषण (‘studied’)
तानिthose
तानि:
Visheshana (Anaphoric/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; यजूंषि-विशेषण
विप्रैःby the Brahmins
विप्रैः:
Karana (Agent-instrumental/by Brahmins/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born
द्विजोत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास: ‘उत्तमः द्विजः’; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन
वाजिनःVājins (followers of the horse-form)
वाजिनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तेthose
ते:
Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वाजिनः-विशेषण
समाख्याताःwere called/named
समाख्याताः:
Kriya (Predicative ‘were called’/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण (predicate participle)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अश्वःa horse
अश्वः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
यतःbecause / since
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
Formअव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal indeclinable)
Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Why the Vājasaneyins are called Vājinas; the horse-form of Sūrya as origin marker

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya (Sun)
A
Aśva (Horse)
V
Vipras (Brahmins)
Y
Yajus (Yajurveda)

FAQs

It is presented as a traditional designation for Brahmins associated with the study of the Yajus, explained through a mythic-etymological link to the Sun’s horse-form (swift, life-bearing solar power).

He uses narrative etymology: groups are named according to an originating symbol or event—here, the Yajus-students are called Vājinas because of the associated emergence of the Sun as the Horse.

The verse situates Vedic learning and solar order within a Purāṇic cosmos ultimately governed by the Supreme Reality—Vishnu—whose sovereignty underwrites the regularity of the Sun and the authority of Vedic revelation.

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