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राम

Action and Sacred Learning

Branches of Yajus, Sāman, and Atharvan

Unit 25 of 37 · printed source 97

Sanskrit · Devanagari

शतं च नवशाखासु यजुषामेव जन्मनाम्। साम्नः सहस्रशाखाः स्युः पञ्चशाखा अथर्वणः ॥ २५ ॥

IAST

śataṃ ca navaśākhāsu yajuṣāmeva janmanām| sāmnaḥ sahasraśākhāḥ syuḥ pañcaśākhā atharvaṇaḥ || 25 ||

Fresh English translation

The Yajus traditions are born in one hundred and nine branches; the Sāman has a thousand branches, and the Atharvan has five.