Shloka 3
यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः
Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation
याज्ञवल्क्यस् तु तस्याभूद् ब्रह्मरातसुतो द्विज शिष्यः परमधर्मज्ञो गुरुवृत्तिपरः सदा
yājñavalkyas tu tasyābhūd brahmarātasuto dvija śiṣyaḥ paramadharmajño guruvṛttiparaḥ sadā
At ang kanyang alagad ay si Yājñavalkya—O dalawang-ulit na isinilang—anak ni Brahmarāta; batid niya ang pinakadakilang Dharma at laging tapat sa wastong asal at paglilingkod sa guro.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It marks Yājñavalkya as an authoritative bearer of Dharma—someone fit to preserve and transmit right order and sacred knowledge within the Purāṇic lineage.
By praising the disciple’s constant ‘guruvṛtti’ (proper service and conduct toward the teacher), Parāśara frames learning as inseparable from discipline, humility, and faithful transmission.
Even in genealogical passages, Dharma is presented as a stable, supra-personal order upheld through qualified teachers—reflecting the Vishnu Purana’s view of a divinely sustained cosmic and moral sovereignty.