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==परिचयः ॥ Introduction==

==परिचयः ॥ Introduction==

The original Veda, in four parts, consisted of one hundred thousand stanzas; and from it sacrifice of ten kinds^[1], the accomplisher of all desires, proceeded. In the twenty-eighth Dvāpara age my son Vyāsa separated the four portions of the Veda into four Vedas. In the same manner as the Vedas were arranged by him, as Vedavyāsa, so were they divided in former periods by all the preceding Vyāsas, and by myself: and the branches into which they were subdivided by him were the same into which they had been distributed in every aggregate of the four ages.

Vishnu Purana states that in every Dvapara yuga, Vishnu in the form of Vyasa divides the Vedas into various branches. Accordingly, in the 28th Dvapara yuga, Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa (the son of Rishi Parashara) divided the Veda into four.<ref>Manmath Nath Dutt (1896), [https://archive.org/details/Vishnupurana-English-MnDutt/page/n191/mode/2up?view=theater Vishnu Purana], Calcutta.</ref><blockquote>द्वापरे द्वापरे विष्णुर्व्यासरूपी महामुने । वेदमेकं सुबहुधा कुरुते जगतो हितः॥५॥<ref>Vishnu Purana, Amsha 3, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A9 Adhyaya 3]</ref>

पराशर उवाच ।

dvāpare dvāpare viṣṇurvyāsarūpī mahāmune । vedamekaṁ subahudhā kurute jagato hitaḥ॥5॥

आद्यो वेदश्चतुष्पादः शतसाहस्त्रसम्मितः ।

आद्यो वेदश्चतुष्पादः शतसाहस्त्रसम्मितः ...।। १ ।।  ततोऽत्र मत्सुतो व्यासो ह्मष्टाविंशतिमेऽन्तरे । वदमेकं चतुष्पादं चतुर्धा व्यभजत् प्रबुः ।। २ ।।<ref>Vishnu Purana, Amsha 3, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AA Adhyaya 4]</ref>

ततो दशगुणः कृत्स्नो यज्ञोऽयं सर्वसामधुक् ।। १ ।।

ādyo vedaścatuṣpādaḥ śatasāhastrasammitaḥ ...।। 1 ।।  

ततोऽत्र मत्सुतो व्यासो ह्मष्टाविंशतिमेऽन्तरे ।

tato'tra matsuto vyāso hmaṣṭāviṁśatime'ntare । vadamekaṁ catuṣpādaṁ caturdhā vyabhajat prabuḥ ।। 2 ।।</blockquote>Thus, the Veda was divided into four texts ie. Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva by Veda Vyasa who then taught it to four of his disciples Paila, Vaishampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu respectively.<ref name=":2">Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/download/hinduismbk.pdf All About Hinduism], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref><ref name=":1" />  

 

वदमेकं चतुष्पादं चतुर्धा व्यभजत् प्रबुः ।। २ ।।

 

 

 

 

 

 

dvāpare dvāpare viṣṇurvyāsarūpī mahāmune । vedamekaṁ subahudhā kurute jagato hitaḥ॥5॥</blockquote>Thus, the Veda was divided into four texts ie. Rik, Yajus, Sama and Atharva by Veda Vyasa who then taught it to four of his disciples Paila, Vaishampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu respectively.<ref name=":2">Swami Sivananda (1999), [http://www.dlshq.org/download/hinduismbk.pdf All About Hinduism], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society.</ref><ref name=":1" />  

Of the four, the Yajurveda is mostly in prose and contains mantra specifications and rules applicable in the performance of various yajnas. Meant to be used by the Adhvaryu (the Yajurvedic priest), it forms the foundation of Karmakanda.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">Ahilya Singh (2010), Pracheen bharat mein aarthik jeevan Prarambh se vaidik kaal tak ([https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/180070/3/03_chapter%201.pdf Chapter 1]).</ref> It is said that there are special rules for the observance of homa performed towards fulfilment of specific desires. These rules for japa, homa etc. of the Yajurveda were taught to Vyasa by Agnideva. And that, if all the rules of the Yajurveda are correctly observed, all desires will be fulfilled.<ref name=":1" />

Of the four, the Yajurveda is mostly in prose and contains mantra specifications and rules applicable in the performance of various yajnas. Meant to be used by the Adhvaryu (the Yajurvedic priest), it forms the foundation of Karmakanda.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">Ahilya Singh (2010), Pracheen bharat mein aarthik jeevan Prarambh se vaidik kaal tak ([https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/180070/3/03_chapter%201.pdf Chapter 1]).</ref> It is said that there are special rules for the observance of homa performed towards fulfilment of specific desires. These rules for japa, homa etc. of the Yajurveda were taught to Vyasa by Agnideva. And that, if all the rules of the Yajurveda are correctly observed, all desires will be fulfilled.<ref name=":1" />