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Taittriya Upanishad (तैत्तिरीय-उपनिषद्) (view source)
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In response to this order, Yagnyavalkya "vomitted" - that is he emptied his "stomach" of all its Vedic content, earlier received from his Master.<ref name=":0" />
In response to this order, Yagnyavalkya "vomitted" - that is he emptied his "stomach" of all its Vedic content, earlier received from his Master.<ref name=":0" />
Thereafter Yagnyavalkya went away, severed all connections from his Master and fellow students. He began meditation and rigorous penance to recover what he had lost from God Himself directly. God was pleased with his unique prayer and is said to have revealed to him all that he had lost in a totally different form, order and sound notation pattern. The new form that was revealed to Yagnyavalkya was through blessings of Sun, and was a radiating beam of knowledge and light and hence this branch came to be known as Sukla Yajurveda.<ref name=":0" />
Thereafter Yagnyavalkya went away, severed all connections from his Master and fellow students. He began meditation and rigorous penance to recover what he had lost from God Himself directly. God was pleased with his unique prayer and is said to have revealed to him all that he had lost in a totally different form, order and sound notation pattern. The new form that was revealed to Yagnyavalkya was through blessings of Sun, and was a radiating beam of knowledge and light and hence this branch came to be known as Sukla Yajurveda.<ref name=":0" />
The disciples of [[Vaisampayana|Vaisampayan]] refused to acknowledge the Sukla Yajurveda, and even to this day the followers of Krishna Yajus branch look down upon the two branches of Sukla Yajurveda, the Kanva and Madhyandina as heterodox.<ref name=":0" />
===Connection with Tittiri===
===Connection with Tittiri===
Sage [[Vaisampayana|Vaisampayan]] did not want the wisdom taught to Yagnyavalkya to be wasted. He wanted it to be "absorbed", "re-imbibed" by someone with matchless ability. Now Sastras prohibit consumption of the vomit. The sage asked one of his leading pupil, Tittiri to consume this knowledge but without violating holy conduct. The intelligent pupil took the form of a bird of that very name - Tittiri (Partridge)- and absorbed the remnants vomitted by Yagnyavalkya.<ref name=":0" /> The teacher ([[Vaisampayana|Vaisampayan]]) was pleased and blessed him with an unasked-for boon, that this absorbed Veda" shall be known by the disciple's name (Tittiri's branch or Taittiriya).<ref name=":0" />