Shloka 13

यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः

Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation

Devanagari script

यजूंष्य् अथ विसृष्टानि याज्ञवल्क्येन वै द्विज जगृहुस् तित्तिरीभूत्वा तैत्तिरीयास् तु ते ततः

Transliteration

yajūṃṣy atha visṛṣṭāni yājñavalkyena vai dvija jagṛhus tittirībhūtvā taittirīyās tu te tataḥ

Translation

随后，阎若婆迦所抛出的《夜柔》祭词被诸位二次生的圣者拾取；他们化作鹧鸪（tittirī）将其收集——因此自此被称为“泰帝利耶”（Taittirīya）。

Word by Word

यजूंषिYajus verses

अथthen

विसृष्टानिreleased, cast off

याज्ञवल्क्येनby Yājñavalkya

वैindeed

द्विजO twice-born

जगृहुःtook, seized

तित्तिरीभूत्वाhaving become partridges

तैत्तिरीयाःTaittirīyas (followers/reciters of Taittirīya)

तुbut, indeed

तेthey

ततःthereafter

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Yājñavalkya

Taittirīya (Yajurveda śākhā)

Dvijas (twice-born sages)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Taittirīya name in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse gives an etymological origin: sages gathered the discarded Yajus-mantras by becoming “tittirīs” (partridges), and thus the school became known as Taittirīya.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the preservation of Vedic knowledge here?

Through a narrative of recovery and transmission: even when mantras are “cast off,” qualified dvijas retrieve and preserve them, establishing an authoritative śākhā lineage.

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

Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic frame treats stable Vedic transmission as part of dharma and cosmic order ultimately upheld by Vishnu as the Supreme sustaining reality.