The legend of Yājñavalkya’s receiving the Veda from the Sun-God - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 35 · Verse 25
Sanskrit Original
अश्वरूपाय मार्त्तण्डो याज्ञवक्ल्याय धीमते। यजूंष्यधीयते तानि ब्राह्मणा येन केनचित।।
aśvarūpāya mārttaṇḍo yājñavaklyāya dhīmate| yajūṃṣyadhīyate tāni brāhmaṇā yena kenacit||
Yājñavalkya said:: Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun) gave those Yajur-Mantras to the intelligent Yājñavalkya who had assumed the form of horse. (Some) Brāhmaṇas study those Yajur Mantras by some means or the other. The Mantras had been given to (Yājñavalkya) who had assumed the form of a horse. Hence, those Brāhmaṇas became Vājins. Those by whom (the expiation for) Brahma-Hatyā had been observed are remembered as Carakas because they had performed (Caraṇāt) the atonement. The disciples of Vaiśampāyana are detailed as Carakas).