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SB 12.6.66

Devanāgarī

याज्ञवल्‍क्यस्ततो ब्रह्मंश्छन्दांस्यधिगवेषयन् । गुरोरविद्यमानानि सूपतस्थेऽर्कमीश्वरम् ॥ ६६ ॥

Text

yājñavalkyas tato brahmaṁś chandāṁsy adhi gaveṣayan guror avidyamānāni sūpatasthe ’rkam īśvaram

Synonyms

yājñavalkyaḥ—Yājñavalkya;tataḥ—thereafter;brahman—Obrāhmaṇa;chandāṁsi—mantras;adhi—additional;gaveṣayan—seeking out;guroḥ—to his spiritual master;avidyamānāni—not known;su-upatasthe—he carefully worshiped;arkam—the sun;īśvaram—the powerful controller.

Translation

My dear brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, Yājñavalkya then desired to find out new yajur-mantras unknown to even his spiritual master. With this in mind he offered attentive worship to the powerful lord of the sun.

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