The core scriptures of Hinduism are the four Vedas: Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharvana.

Each of the four Vedas has four parts: Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads.

Thats what I intend to remedy with this document; this is the complete Shukla Yajur Veda with Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyaka, and Upanishad portions.

The Yajur Veda has two forms: Krishna or black and Shukla or white.

In Krishna Yajur Veda the Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, and Upanishad parts are all mixed up, whereas in the Shukla Yajur Veda they are cleanly seperated.

One more thing: each Veda comes in multiple Shakhas or recensions.

The Yajur Veda used to have over a hundred Shakhas, but now only a handful survive, and only two for the Shukla Yajur Veda: the Madhyandina Shakha and the Kanva Shakha.

What is presented here is the Sakala Shakhas version of the Rig Veda.

I created it by putting together Ralph T.H.

Swaminathans translation of the Kanva Shakhas version of the Shatapatha Brahmana (which contains the Brihad Aranyaka within it), and Max Mullers translation of the Knava Shakhas version of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

I would have made it in the Madhyandina Shakha as well, but as far as I know theres never been an English translation of the Madhyandina Shakhas version of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

By the way, if youre interested in this sort of thing you should check out the site Hinduism Stack Exchange.

Vedas In English Pdf