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From The Krishna Yajurveda — The Taittirīya Saṃhitā, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement"> 🕉️ Of the four Vedas, the Yajurveda is the Veda of yajña — the sacred act. The Ṛgveda praises, the Sāmaveda sings, the Atharvaveda blesses and heals; the Yajurveda is the Veda spoken while the work is being done. Its mantras are the words in the priest's mouth as his hands move: as the grass is strewn, as the fire is kindled, as the offering is poured. The Yajurveda comes in two great streams. The Śukla ("White") keeps mantra and explanation apart. The Kṛṣṇa ("Black") — our text — mixes them: mantra and commentary run together in one continuous body, the explanation following each formula like a shadow. That intermixture is what "black" refers to; the tradition calls it miśra, "blended." The principal surviving Black recension is the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, in seven kāṇḍas — still chanted today across South India, and the home of two of the most beloved liturgies in all of Sanātana Dharma: the Śrī Rudram and the Chamakam. </pre>