Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.34

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde ṛṣilakṣaṇaṃ nāma trayastrinttamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vāyuruvāca
ṛṣayastadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtamāhustaduttaram /
kathaṃ vedāḥ punarvyastāstanno brūhi mahāmate

sūta uvāca
dvāpare tu purāvṛtte manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvāntare /
brahmā manumuvācedaṃ rakṣavedaṃ mahāmate

parivṛttaṃ yugaṃ tāta svalpavīryā dvijātayaḥ /
saṃvṛtā yugadoṣeṇa sarve caiva yathākramam

tasya mānaṃ yugavaśādalpaṃ caiva hi dṛśyate /
daśasāhasrabhāgena hyavaśiṣṭaṃ kṛtoditam

vāya tejo balaṃ cālpaṃ sarvaṃ caiva praṇaśyati /
vedakriyā hi kāryāḥ syurmābhūdvedavināśanam

vede nāśamanuprāpte yajño nāśaṃ gamiṣyati /
yajñe naṣṭe vedanāśastataḥ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati

ādyo vedaśca tuṣpādaḥ śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ /
punardaśaguṇaḥ kṛṣṇo yajño vai sarvakāmadhuk

evamuktastathetyuktvā manurlaukahite rataḥ /
vedamekaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturddhā vyabhajatprabhuḥ

brahmaṇo vacanāttāta lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā /
tadahaṃ varttamānena yuṣmākaṃ vedakalpanam

manvantareṇa vakṣyami vyatītānāṃ prakalpanam /
pratyakṣeṇa varokṣaṃvai tannibodhata sattamāḥ

asminyuge tadā vyāsaḥ pārāśaryaḥ parantapaḥ /
dvaipāyana iti khyāto viṣṇoraṃśaḥ sanātanaḥ

brahmaṇā coditaḥ so 'smin vedaṃ vaktuṃ pracakrame /
atha śiṣyānsajagrāha caturo vedakāraṇāt

jaiminiṃ ca sumantuṃ ca vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca /
caturthaṃ pailameteṣāṃ pañcamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

ṛgvedaśrāvakaṃ pailamagrahīdvidhivaddvijāḥ /
yajurvedapravaktāraṃ vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca

jaiminiṃ sāmavedārthaśrāvakaṃ so 'nvapadyata /
tathaivāthar vavedasya sumantumṛṣisattamam

itihāsapurāṇasya kalapavākyasya caiva hi /
māṃ caiva pratijagrāha bhagavānīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

eka āsīdyajurvedastaṃ caturddhā vyakalpayat /
cāturhetramabhūttasmiṃstena yajñamakalpayat

ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhistu ṛgbhirhetraṃ tathaiva ca /
audgātraṃ sāmabhiścakre brahmatvaṃ cāpyatharvabhiḥ

tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ samakalpayat /
hotṛkaṃ kalpayattena yajurvedaṃ jagatpatiḥ

sāmabhiḥ sāmavedaṃ ca tenaudgātramakalpayat /
rā5stvatharvavedena sarvakarmāṇyakārayat

ākhyānaiścāpyupākhyānairgāthābhiḥ kalpajoktibhiḥ /
purāmasaṃhitāṃ cakre purāṇārthaviśāradaḥ

yacchiṣṭaṃ tu yajurvede tena ya5mayuñjata /
yajanātsa yajurveda iti śāstraviniścayaḥ

pādānāmuddhatatvācca yajūṃṣi viṣamāṇi ca /
śatenoddhatavīryastu ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ

prayujyate hyaśvamedhastena vā puṣyate tu saḥ /
ṛco gṛhītvā pailastu vyabhajattu dvidhā punaḥ

dve kṛtvā saṃhite caiva śiṣyābhyā madadādvibuḥ /
indrapramattaye caikāṃ dvitīyāṃ bāṣkalāya ca

catasraḥ saṃhitāḥ kṛtvā bāṣkalo dvijasattamaḥ /
śiṣyānadhyāpayā māsa śuśruṣābhiratānhitān

bodhyāṃ tu prathamāṃ śākhāṃ dvitīyāmagnimātaram /
pārāśarīṃ tṛtīyāṃ tu yā5valkyāmathāparām

indrapramatirekāṃ tu saṃhitāmṛṣisattamaḥ /
adhyāpayanmahābhāgaṃ māṇḍūkeyaṃ yaśasvinam

styasravasamagryaṃ tu putraṃ sa tu mahāyaśāḥ /
satyasravāḥ satyahitaṃ putramadhyāpayadvibhuḥ

so 'pi satyahitaḥ putraṃ punaradhyāpayaddvijāḥ /
satyaśriyaṃ mahātmānaṃ satya dharmaparāyaṇam

abhavaṃstasya śiṣyā vai trayastu sumahaujasaḥ /
satyaśriyāśca vidvāṃsaḥ śāstragrahaṇatatparāḥ

śākalyaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ tasmādanyo rathītaraḥ /
bāṣkaliśca bharadvāja iti śākhāpravarttakāḥ

devamitrastu śākalyo jñānāhaṅkāragarvitaḥ /
janakasya sa yajñe vai vināśāmagamaddvijāḥ

śāṃśapāyana uvāca
kathaṃ vināśamagamatsa munirjñānagarvitaḥ /
janakasyāśvamedhe tu katha vādābhyajāyata

kimarthaṃ vābhavadvādaḥ kena sārddhamathāpi vā /
etatsarvaṃ yathā vṛttamācakṣtra viditaṃ tava

sūta uvāca
janakasyāśvamedhe tu mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ /
ṛṣīṇāṃ hi sahasrāṇi tatrājagmuranekaśaḥ

rājarṣerjanakasyātha taṃ yajñaṃ hi didṛkṣavaḥ /
āgatānbrāhmaṇāndṛṣṭvā jijñāsāsyābhavattataḥ

ko nveṣāṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ me niścayo bhavet /
iti niścitya manasā buddhiṃ cakre janādhipaḥ

gavāṃ sahasramādāya suvarṇamadhikaṃ tataḥ /
grāmānratnāni dāsīscha munīnprāha narādhipaḥ

sarvānahaṃ prapanno vaḥ śirasā śreṣṭhabhāginaḥ /
yadetadāhṛtaṃ vittaṃ yo vā śreṣṭhatamo bhavet

tasmai tadupanītaṃ me vitta vittaṃ dvijottamāḥ /
janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā ṛṣayaste śrutikṣamāḥ

dṛṣṭvā dhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ dhanagṛdhnā jighṛkṣavaḥ /
āhvayāñcakrire 'nyonyaṃ vedajñānamadolbaṇān

manasā gatavittāste mamaitaddhanamityuta /
mamaitanna tavetyanyo brūhi vā kiṃ vikatthase

ityevaṃ dhanadoṣeṇa vādāṃścakuranekaśaḥ /
athānyastatravai vidvānbrahmaṇastu sutaḥ kaviḥ

yājñavalkyo mahātejāstapasvī brahmavittamaḥ /
brahmaṇoṃ'śasamutpanno vākyaṃ provāca susvaram

śiṣyaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanametadgṛhāṇa vai /
nayasva ca gṛhaṃvatsa mamaitannātra saṃśayaḥ

sarvavādeṣvahaṃ vaktā nānyaḥ kaścittu matsamaḥ /
yo vā na prīyate vidvānsamāhvayatu māciram

tato brahmārṇavaḥ kṣubdaḥ samudra iva saṃplave /
tānuvāca tataḥ svastho yājñavalkyo hasanniva

krodhaṃ mā kārṣṭa vidvāṃso bhavantaḥ satyavādinaḥ /
vadāmahe yathāśakti jijñāsaṃtaḥ parasparam

tato 'bhyupagatāsteṣāṃ vādāḥ śabdairanekaśaḥ /
sahasradhā śubhairarthaiḥ sukṣmadarśanasaṃbhavaiḥ

loke vede tathādhyātmavidyāsthānairalaṅkṛtaiḥ /
saṃtyuttamaguṇairyuktā nṛpasyāpi parīkṣakāḥ

vādāḥ samabhavaṃstatra dhanahetormahātmanām /
ṛṣayastvekataḥ sarve yājñavalkyastathaikataḥ

sarve te munayastena yājñavalkyena dhīmatā /
ekaikaśastataḥ pṛṣṭā naivottaramathābruvan

sa vijitya munīnsarvān brahmarāśirmahāmatiḥ /
śākalyamiti hovāca vādakarttāramañjasā

śākalya vada vaktavyaṃ kiṃ dhyāyannavatiṣṭhase /
paṇastu yajamānena baddho nīto yathā dhṛtaḥ

evaṃ sa dharṣitastena roṣāttāmrāsyalocanaḥ /
provāca yājñavalkyaṃ sapuruṣaṃ munisannidhau

tvamasmāstṛṇavatkṛtvā tathaivānyāndvijottamān /
vidyādhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ svayaṅgrāhaṃ jighṛkṣasi

śākalyenaivamuktastu yājñavalkyastamabravīt /
brahmiṣṭhānāṃ balaṃ viddhi vidyātattvārthadarśanam

kāmasyārthena saṃbandhastenārthaṃ kāmayāmahe /
kāmaprarśnadhanā viprāḥ kāmapraśnaṃ vadāmahe

paṇaścaivāsya rājarṣestasmānnītaṃ dhanaṃ mayā /
etacchrutvā vacastasya śākalyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

yā5valkyamathovāca kāmapraśnārthakṛdvacaḥ /
brūhīdānīṃ mayoddiṣṭānkāmapraśnānyathārthataḥ

tataḥ samabhavadvādastayorbrahmavidormahān /
sāgraṃ praśnasahasraṃ tu śākalyaḥ so 'karottadā

yājñavalkyo 'bravītsarvamṛṣīṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tadā /
śākalyastvāsa nirvādo yājñavalkyastamabravīt

praśnamekaṃ mamāpi tvaṃ śākalya vada kāmikam /
paṇaprāpyasya vādasya bruvatormṛtyuratra vai

susūkṣmajñānasaṃyuktaṃ sāṃkhyaṃyogamathāpi vā /
adhyātmasya gatiṃ mukhyāṃ dhyānamārgamathāpi vā

atha saṃcoditaḥ praśno yājñavalkyena dhīmatā /
śākalyastamavijñāya tathā mṛtyumavāptavān

evaṃ smṛtaḥ sa śākalyaḥ praśnavyākhyānapīḍitaḥ /
evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānāsītteṣāṃ dhanārthinām

ṛṣīṇāmṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yājñavalkyasya caiva hi /
yājñavalkyo dhanaṃ gṛhya yaśo vikhyāya cātmanaḥ /
jagāma vai gṛhaṃ svacchaṃ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto vaśī