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Shloka 1

यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः

Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation

Devanagari script

यजुर्वेदतरोः शाखाः सप्तविंशन् महामतिः वैशम्पायननामासौ व्यासशिष्यश् चकार वै

Transliteration

yajurvedataroḥ śākhāḥ saptaviṃśan mahāmatiḥ vaiśampāyananāmāsau vyāsaśiṣyaś cakāra vai

Translation

یجُروید کے عظیم درخت سے، مہامتی وِیاس کے شاگرد ویشمپاین نے یقیناً ستائیس شاخیں ظاہر کیں۔

Word by Word

यजुर्वेदतरोःof the Yajurveda-tree

शाखाःbranches

सप्तविंशतिःtwenty-seven

महामतिःthe great-minded one

वैशम्पायननामnamed Vaiśampāyana

असौthat (person), he

व्यासशिष्यःVyāsa’s disciple

चकारmade / arranged

वैindeed

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the significance of the twenty-seven branches of the Yajurveda in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames Vedic knowledge as a living tradition: Vaiśampāyana multiplies the Yajurveda into 27 śākhās so that dharma and ritual order can be preserved and taught through many disciplic lineages.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the continuity of sacred knowledge?

By presenting a guru–śiṣya chain—Vyāsa to Vaiśampāyana—Parāśara emphasizes that revelation is safeguarded through authorized transmission, not merely through texts, sustaining the cosmic and social order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana’s framework treats the Veda and its preservation as part of Vishnu’s governance of dharma—sacred knowledge continuing through time is a sign of the Supreme Reality’s sustaining power.