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Summary Of: Yajnavalkya

Vaishampayana got angry with Yajnavalkya as the latter displayed too much sense of pride in being abler than other students... The angry teacher asked his pupil Yajnavalkya to give back all the knowledge of Yajurveda he taught him... Yajnavalkya vomited all the knowledge that he acquired from his teacher in form of eaten food... Then Yajnavalkya determined not to have any human guru thereafter... Yajnavalkya worshipped and extolled the Sun... Yajnavalkya divided this Vajasaneya Yajurveda again into fifteen branches... Yajnavalkya married two wives... When Yajnavalkya wished to divide his property between the two wives... Yajnavalkya replied that there was no hope of immortality through wealth and that she would only... Maitreyi asked Yajnavalkya to teach her what he considered as the best... Then Yajnavalkya described to her the greatness of the Absolute Self... This immortal conversation between Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi is recorded in the... Wisdom of Yajnavalkya is shown more in... Yajnavalkya was one of the greatest sages ever known... Yajnavalkya has made important contributions to both...

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