Taittiriya Pratishakhya
तैत्तिरीयप्रातिशाख्यम्
A phonetic and recitational text of the Taittiriya branch of the Krishna Yajurveda.
Chapter 24 · 6 shlokas
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 1
अथ चतस्रः संहिताः।।
atha catasraḥ saṁhitāḥ||
Now for the four texts.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 2
पदसंहिताक्षरसंहिता वर्णसंहिताङ्गसंहिता चेति।।
padasaṁhitākṣarasaṁhitā varṇasaṁhitāṅgasaṁhitā ceti||
Word-text , syllable-text , letter-text , and member-text , namely.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 3
नानापदसंधानसंयोगः पदसंहितेत्यभिधीयते।।
nānāpadasaṃdhānasaṃyogaḥ padasaṁhitetyabhidhīyate||
Conjuction of independent words by euphonic combination is called word-text.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 4
यथास्वमक्षरसंहितादीनामप्येवम।।
yathāsvamakṣarasaṁhitādīnāmapyevam||
And in like manner with the syllable-text and the rest , in accordance with their several names.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 5
गुरुत्वं लघुता साम्यं ह्रस्वदीर्घप्लुतानि च। लोपागमविकाराश्च प्रकृतिर्विक्रमः क्रमः।। स्वरितोदात्तनीचत्वं श्वासो नादो ऽङ्गमेव च। एतत्सर्वं तु विज्ञेयं छन्दोभाषामधीयता।।
gurutvaṃ laghutā sāmyaṁ hrasvadīrghaplutāni ca| lopāgamavikārāśca prakṛtirvikramaḥ kramaḥ|| svaritodāttanīcatvaṁ śvāso nādo 'ṅgameva ca| etatsarvaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ chandobhāṣāmadhīyatā||
Heaviness , lightness , evenness ; short , long , and protracted quantity ; elision , increment , and euphonic alteration ; natural state , vikrama , krama ; circumflex , acute , and grave quality ; breath , tone , and adjunction --- all this must be understod by him who reads the Veda language.
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Taittiriya Pratishakhya · Chapter 24 · Verse 6
पदक्रमविशेषज्ञो वर्णक्रमविचक्षणः। स्वरमाम्त्राविभागज्ञो गछेदाचार्यसंसदं गछेदाचार्यसंसदमिति।।
padakramaviśeṣajño varṇakramavicakṣaṇaḥ| svaramāmtrāvibhāgajño gachedācāryasaṁsadaṃ gachedācāryasaṁsadamiti||
He who understands the distinctions of the pada-krama , who is versed in the varṇa-krama , and knows the divisions of accent and quantity , may go and sit with the teachers.