यजुर्वेद

yajurved / Yajurveda

yajurved char vedoan mean se ek hai. yajurved sanhita mean yajn kriyaoan ke mantr aur vidhiyaan sangrahit haian. isamean keval rrigved se lie hue mantr hi nahian milate, kintu yajnanushthan mean sampadit ki jane vali samast kriyaoan ka vidhan bhi milata hai. yajurved sabhi sanhitaoan mean sabase adhik vividhatapoorn hai, kyoanki isamean bahut se path haian. inhean do vargoan mean vibhajit kiya gaya hai:-

• shukl (shvet) yajurved v
• krishna (kala) yajurved

shukl (shvet) yajurved ki do shakhaean hai:-

• madhyandin v
• kanv

krishna (kala) yajurved ki tin shakhaean

• taittiriy,
• maitrayani v
• kath

in donoan shakhaoan mean aantar yah hai ki shukl yajurved pady (sanhitaoan) ko vivechanatmak samagri (brahman) se alag karata hai, jabaki krishna yajurved mean donoan hi upasthit haian.

yajurved mean vaidik anushthan ki prakriti par vistrit chiantan hai aur isamean yajn sanpann karane vale prathamik brahman v ahuti dene ke dauran prayukt mantroan par giti pustika bhi shamil hai. is prakar yajurved yajnoan ke adharabhoot tattvoan se sarvadhik nikatata rakhane vala ved hai. yajurved sanhitaean sanbhavatah aantim rachit sanhitaean thian, jo ee॰ poo॰ doosari sahastrabdi ke aant se lekar pahali sahastrabdi ki aranbhik shatabdiyoan ke bich ki haian.

yajurved ki any visheshataean

• yajurved gadyatmak hai.
• yajn mean kahe jane vale gadyatmak mantroan ko ‘yajus’ kaha jata hai.
• yajurved ke padyatmak mantr rrigved ya atharvaved se liye gaye hai.
• inamean svatantr padyatmak mantr bahut kam haian.
• yajurved mean yajnoan aur havanoan ke niyam aur vidhan haian.
• yah granth karmakand pradhan hai.
• yadi rrigved ki rachana sapt-sindhu kshetr mean huee thi to yajurved ki rachana kurukshetr ke pradesh mean.
• is granth se aryoan ke samajik aur dharmik jivan par prakash p data hai.
• varn-vyavastha tatha varnashram ki jhaanki bhi isamean hai.
• yajurved mean yajnoan aur karmakand ka pradhan hai.

nimnalikhit upanishadh bhi yajurved se sambaddh haian:-

• shvetashvatar,
• brihadaranyak,
• eesh,
• prashn,
• mundak aur
• mandooky.