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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣadबृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्

Khila Kanda. Adhyaya 6, Brahmana 5. The line of teachers, back to Brahma

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Each mantra is given four ways: the Sanskrit in its Devanagari script, the same sounds in Roman letters, an English translation set in our own voice, and then the line once more in plain words, for a first and unhurried reading.

Not every passage is opened to the same depth. A few central mantras carry the full cross-school commentary, where the schools are set side by side. The rest are kept here whole and faithful, set in their place but not expounded, so the book stays entire and nothing is dropped for being thought minor.

Where the schools read a line differently, the difference is kept open. None is crowned and none is corrected. Each is met on its own terms, and where they contradict, the contradiction is left standing for you to sit with.

॥ 6.5.3 ॥

The white Yajus, back to the sun

याज्ञवल्क्यात् । याज्ञवल्क्य उद्दालकात् । उद्दालकोऽरुणात् । अरुण उपवेशेः । उपवेशिः कुश्रेः । कुश्रिर्वाजश्रवसः । वाजश्रवा जीह्वावतो बाध्योगात् । जीह्वावान् बाध्योगोऽसिताद्वार्षगणात् । असितो वार्षगणो हरितात्कश्यपात् । हरितः कश्यपः शिल्पात्कश्यपात् । शिल्पः कश्यपः कश्यपान्नैध्रुवेः । कश्यपो नैध्रुविर्वाचः । वागम्भिण्याः । अम्भिण्यादित्यात् । आदित्यानीमानि शुक्लानि यजूंषि वाजसनेयेन याज्ञवल्क्येनाख्ययन्ते ।
In transliteration
yājñavalkyāt | yājñavalkya uddālakāt | uddālako'ruṇāt | aruṇa upaveśeḥ | upaveśiḥ kuśreḥ | kuśrirvājaśravasaḥ | vājaśravā jīhvāvato bādhyogāt | jīhvāvān bādhyogo'sitādvārṣagaṇāt | asito vārṣagaṇo haritātkaśyapāt | haritaḥ kaśyapaḥ śilpātkaśyapāt | śilpaḥ kaśyapaḥ kaśyapānnaidhruveḥ | kaśyapo naidhruvirvācaḥ | vāgambhiṇyāḥ | ambhiṇyādityāt | ādityānīmāni śuklāni yajūṃṣi vājasaneyena yājñavalkyenākhyayante |
In English

From Yajnavalkya. Yajnavalkya from Uddalaka. Uddalaka from Aruna. Aruna from Upavesi. Upavesi from Kusri. Kusri from Vajasravas. He from Jihvavat, the son of Badhyoga. He from Asita, the son of Varsagana. He from Harita Kasyapa. He from Silpa Kasyapa. This one from Kasyapa, the son of Nidhruva. He from Vac. She from Ambhini. She from the sun. These white Yajuses received from the sun are made known by Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya.

In plain words

This branch runs back from Yajnavalkya: Yajnavalkya from Uddalaka, Uddalaka from Aruna, Aruna from Upavesi, then Kusri, Vajasravas, Jihvavat the son of Badhyoga, Asita the son of Varsagana, Harita Kasyapa, Silpa Kasyapa, and Kasyapa the son of Nidhruva. He learned from the goddess of speech (Vac), she from Ambhini, and Ambhini from the sun. These White Yajuses, received from the sun, are the ones made known by Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya.

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