Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) · Chapter 3.5

yajurvedataroḥ śākhāḥ saptaviṃśan mahāmatiḥ
vaiśampāyananāmāsau vyāsaśiṣyaś cakāra vai //

śiṣyebhyaḥ pradadau tāś ca jagṛhus te 'py anukramāt //

yājñavalkyas tu tasyābhūd brahmarātasuto dvija
śiṣyaḥ paramadharmajño guruvṛttiparaḥ sadā //

ṛṣir yo 'dya mahāmerau samājenāgamiṣyati
tasya vai saptarātrāt tu brahmahatyā bhaviṣyati //

pūrvam evaṃ munigaṇaiḥ samayo 'bhūt kṛto dvija
vaiśampāyana ekas tu taṃ vyatikrāntavāṃs tadā //

svasrīyaṃ bālakaṃ so 'tha padā spṛṣṭam aghātayat //

śiṣyān āha ca bhoḥ śiṣyā brahmahatyāpahaṃ vratam
caradhvaṃ matkṛte sarve na vicāryam idaṃ tathā //

athāha yājñavalkyas taṃ kim ebhir bhagavan dvijaiḥ
kleśitair alpatejobhiś cariṣye 'ham idaṃ vratam //

tataḥ kruddho guruḥ prāha yājñavalkyaṃ mahāmatiḥ
mucyatāṃ yat tvayādhītaṃ matto viprāvamānaka //

nistejaso vadasy etān yas tvaṃ brāhmaṇapuṃgavān
tena śiṣyeṇa nārtho 'sti mamājñābhaṅgakāriṇā //

yājñavalkyas tataḥ prāha bhaktyaitat te mayoditam
mamāpy alaṃ tvayādhītaṃ yan mayā tad idaṃ dvija //

ity uktvā rudhirāktāni sarūpāṇi yajūṃṣi saḥ
chardayitvā dadau tasmai yayau ca svecchayā muniḥ //

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

brahmahatyā vrataṃ cīrṇaṃ guruṇā coditais tu yaiḥ
carakādhvaryavas te tu caraṇān munisattama //

yājñavalkyo 'pi maitreya prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ
tuṣṭāva praṇataḥ sūryaṃ yajūṃṣy abhilaṣaṃs tataḥ //

namaḥ savitre dvārāya mukter amitatejase
ṛgyajuḥsāmabhūtāya trayīdhāmavate namaḥ //

namo 'gnīṣomabhūtāya jagataḥ kāraṇātmane
bhāskarāya paraṃ tejaḥ sauṣumṇam uru bibhrate //

kalākāṣṭhānimeṣādi kālajñānātmane namaḥ
dhyeyāya viṣṇurūpāya paramākṣararūpiṇe //

bibharti yaḥ suragaṇān āpyāyenduṃ svaraśmibhiḥ
svadhāmṛtena ca pitṝṃs tasmai tṛptyātmane namaḥ //

namo 'gnīsomabhūtāya sarvasiddhikarāya ca //

himāmbugharmavṛṣṭīnāṃ kartā bhartā ca yaḥ prabhuḥ
tasmai trikālabhūtāya namaḥ sūryāya vedhase //

apahanti tamo yaś ca jagato 'sya jagatpatiḥ
sattvadhāmadharo devo namas tasmai vivasvate //

satkarmayogyo na jano naivāpaḥ śaucakāraṇam
yasminn anudite tasmai namo devāya bhāsvate //

spṛṣṭo yadaṃśubhir lokaḥ kriyāyogyo 'bhijāyate
pavitratākāraṇāya tasmai śuddhātmane namaḥ //

namaḥ savitre sūryāya bhāskarāya vivasvate
ādityāyādibhūtāya devādīnāṃ namo namaḥ //

hiraṇmayaṃ rathaṃ yasya ketavo 'mṛtadhāriṇaḥ
vahanti bhuvanāloka cakṣuṣas taṃ namāmy aham //

ity evamādibhis tena stūyamānaḥ stavai raviḥ
vājirūpadharaḥ prāha vrīyatām iti vāñchitam //

yājñavalkyas tadā prāha praṇipatya divākaram
yajūṃṣi tāni me dehi yāni santi na me gurau //

evam ukto dadau tasmai yajūṃṣi bhagavān raviḥ
ayātayāmasaṃjñāni yāni vetti na tadguruḥ //

yajūṃṣi yair adhītāni tāni viprair dvijottama
vājinas te samākhyātāḥ sūryo 'śvaḥ so 'bhavad yataḥ //

śākhābhedās tu teṣāṃ vai daśa pañca ca vājinām
kaṇvādyāḥ sumahābhāgā yājñavalkyapravartitāḥ //