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YAJNAVALKYA |
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Yajnavalkya Sage Uddalaka, one of the teachers of Yajnavalkya, became very old. He was no longer able to manage the affairs of the ashram as its chancellor. The office of the chancellor is one of huge responsibility. A chancellor should be an eminent scholar and a good teacher. He should look after his pupils as his children. Uddalaka considered Yajnavalkya as the best- qualified person to become chancellor. Accordingly Yajnavalkya was made the chancellor of the gurukula run by Uddalaka. As the prestige and reputation of this Ashram grew remarkably with the arrival of Yajnavalkya as its Chancellor, large number of students came to join this gurukula. The enlightening lectures and discourses on Vedic studies delivered by Yajnavalkya, out of his profound and divine scholarship, proved an illumination of great fortune to the students. The fame of Yajnavalkya spread in all directions. Janaka, the emperor of Videha, was eager to meet him and receive initiation from him. Janaka was a very religious man as well as a great scholar. All the inmates of the ashram resolved at a meeting to conduct a conference of scholars at the time of Janaka's visit to the ashram and arrange for the recitation of and discourse on 'Shukla Yajurveda' written by Yajnavalkya. Accordingly all the necessary preparations were made. Sages and scholars from different places came in large
numbers. Maharaja Janaka arrived at the right time. The conference began. The Shukla
Yajurveda was recited and discussed. Yajnavalkya explained the Vedic mantras wherever it
was necessary. There was discussion and exchange of ideas on those Vedic mantras. Thus the
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