Krishna Yajur Veda
Krishna Yajur Veda
Acknowledgement: We are thankful to Veda Prasar Samiti, Chennai for providing the pdf files of Vedas in Devanagari script to us.
"The Yajurveda (a tatpurusha compound of yajus sacrificial formula, and veda knowledge) is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas. By some, it is estimated to have been composed between 1400 and 1000 BC, the Yajurveda Samhita, or compilation, contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the religion of the Vedic period, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance.
There are two primary versions or Samhitas of the Yajurveda: Shukla (white) and Krishna (black). Both contain the verses necessary for rituals, but the Krishna Yajurveda includes the Brahmana prose discussions mixed within the Samhita, while the Shukla Yajurveda has separately a Brahmana text, the Shatapatha Brahmana.
There are four recensions of the Krishna Yajurveda: Taittiriya samhita (TS) originally of Panchala, Maitrayani samhita (MS) originally of the area south of Kurukshetra, Caraka-Katha samhita (KS) originally of Madra and Kurukshetra and Kapisthala-Katha samhita (KapS) of the southern Punjab and Bahika.
Each of the recensions has or had a Brahmana associated with it, and most of them also have associated Shrautasutras, Grhyasutras, Aranyakas, Upanishads and Pratishakhyas.
The best known and best preserved of these recensions is the Taittiriya samhita, named after Tittiri, a pupil of Yaska and an authority according to Panini,Tittiri in Sanskrit means partridge, and according to a legend, Yajnavalkya had quickly grasped a portion of the Yajurveda, but due to his arrogance, he was asked to eject out the portion by his teacher, who was incensed by his attitude. By his learned knowledge, he was able to reach out what he had studied. This regurgitated portion was swallowed by a covey of partridges and known as the TS.
The Taittiriya samhita consists 7 books or kandas, subdivided in chapters or prapathakas, further subdivided into individual sections (anuvakas). Some individual hymns in this Samhita have gained particular importance in Hinduism; e.g. TS 4.5 and TS 4.7 constitute the Rudram Chamakam, while 1.8.6.i is the Shaivaite Tryambakam mantra. The beejas bhur bhuvah suvah prefixed to the (rigvedic) Savitur Gayatri mantra are also from the Yajurveda. The Taittiriya recension of the Black Yajurveda is the shakha now most prevalent in southern India. Among the followers of this Shakha, the Apastamba Sutras are the common. The Taittiriya Shakha consists of Taittiriya Samhita (having seven kandas), Taittiriya Brahmana (having three kandas), Taittiriya Aranyaka (having seven prashnas) (See Aranyaka Literature), Taittiriya Upanishad (having three prashnas or vallis - Shiksha valli, Ananda valli and Bhrigu valli) and the Mahanarayana Upanishad. The Taittiriya Upanishad and Mahanarayana Upanishad are considered to be the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth prashnas of the Aranyaka. The words prapathaka and kanda (meaning sections) are interchangeably used in Vedic literature. Prashna and valli refer to sections of the Aranyaka.
7 schools of Shrautasutras and Grhyasutras are related to the Taittiriya Shakha. These are: Apastamba, Agniveshya, Baudhayana, Hiranyakeshi, Vaikhanasa, Bharadvaja and Vadhula.
There is another short tract apart from the above, commonly known as Ekagni Kanda, which mainly consists of mantra-s used in the marriage and other rituals." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajurveda
On Vedas:
"The Vedas are said to be written by Rishis. These Rishis were sages who realised certain facts. The exact definition of the Sanskrit word Rishi is a Seer of Mantras - of the thoughts conveyed in the Vedic hymns. These men declared that they had realised - sensed, if that word can be used with regard to the supersensuous - certain facts, and these facts they proceeded to put on record.
"He whom the Vedas declare, He, to reach whom, we serve with prayer and sacrifice, Om is the sacred name of that indescribable One. This word is the holiest of all words. He who knows the secret of this word receives that which he desires." Take refuge in this word. Whoso takes refuge in this word, to him the way opens.
The three essentials of Hinduism are belief in God, in the Vedas as revelation, in the doctrine of Karma and transmigration.
If one studies the Vedas between the lines, one sees a religion of harmony.
One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth - from a lower truth to a higher truth - and never from error to truth.
The Vedas should be studied through the eye-glass of evolution. They contain the whole history of the progress of religious consciousness, until religion has reached perfection in unity.
The Vedas are Anâdi, eternal. The meaning of the statement is not, as is erroneously supposed by some, that the words of the Vedas are Anadi, but that the spiritual laws inculcated by the Vedas are such. These laws which are immutable and eternal have been discovered at various times by great men or Rishis, though some of them are forgotten now, while others are preserved.
Those who dare, therefore, to struggle for victory, for truth, for religion, are in the right way; and that is what the Vedas preach: Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.
"That which all the Vedas declare, which is proclaimed by all penances, seeking which men lead lives of continence, I will tell you in one word - it is 'Om'." You will find this word "Om" praised very much in the Vedas, and it is held to be very sacred." – Swami Vivekananda
"He is the Soul of the Universe; He is Immortal; His is the Rulership; He is the All-knowing, the All-pervading, the Protector of the Universe, the Eternal Ruler. None else is there efficient to govern the world eternally. He who at the beginning of creation projected Brahmâ (i.e. the universal consciousness), and who delivered the Vedas unto him - seeking liberation I go for refuge unto that effulgent One, whose light turns the understanding towards the Âtman." - Shvetâshvatara-Upanishad, VI. 17-18.
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Digital Albums [in MP3, FLAC and other audio formats] are available at Celextel eMusic Store.
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Krishna Yajur Veda - Taittriya Samhita
Traditional Chanting of
Vedic Sanskrit Mantras from
Veda Prasar Samiti.
Some Important Suktas:
Shree Rudram, Chamakam, Sapthapathi - Subramanya Aahvaanam, Mahanyasa Manthram, Mahanyasa Manthram, Soorya Namaskaram, Manthra Pushpam, Purusha Suktam, Santhi Manthram, Devatha Gayathri, Durva Suktam, Mruthika Suktam, Marjana, Varuna, Aghamarshna Suktam, Durga Suktam, Narayana Suktam, Lingarchana - Shiva Manthras, Prasana Manthras, Thrusuparnam and Medha Suktam.
Digital Albums: 4
Tracks: 58
Size: 2303.98 MB | 2.30 GB
Duration: 39 Hrs. 15 Mins.
Vol-1: Kanda : Prasna : Manthra - 01 : 01 : 01 to 04 : 03 : 28
Tracks 01 to 14 of 54
* Track-01: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 1:1:01 to 1:3:05
* Track-02: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 1:3:06 to 1:5:04
* Track-03: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 1:5:05 to 1:6:24
* Track-04: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 1:6:25 to 1:7:46
* Track-05: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 1:7:47 to 2:1:20
* Track-06: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 2:1:21 to 2:2:34
* Track-07: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 2:2:35 to 2:3:40
* Track-08: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 2:3:41 to 2:5:14
* Track-09: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 2:5:15 to 2:6:23
* Track-10: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 2:6:24 to 3:1:31
* Track-11: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 3:1:32 to 3:3:21
* Track-12: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 3:3:22 to 3:5:14
* Track-13: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 3:5:15 to 4:2:05
* Track-14: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 4:2:06 to 4:3:28
Vol-2: Kanda : Prasna : Manthra - 04 : 03 : 29 to 07 : 05 : 54
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* Track-15: Kanda:Prasna:Mantra 4:3:29 to 4:6:05
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Vol-3: Ashtaka : Prasna : Manthra - 01 : 01 : 01 to 03 : 02 : 85
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* Track-29: Ashtaka:Prasna:Mantra 1:1:01 to 1:1:80
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Vol-4: Ashtaka : Prasna : Manthra - 03 : 03 : 01 TO 03 : 02 : 85 * (Kataka) Prasna : Manthra - 01 : 01 to 03 : 43 * (Aranyaka) Prasna : Manthra - 01 : 01 to 10 : 101
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* Track-45: Ashtaka:Prasna:Mantra 3:7:01 to 3:7:95
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* Track-49: Brahmanam Katakam 1:01 to 2:41
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Taittiriya Aranyaka
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