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Black Yajur-Veda: Taittiriya-Pratisakhya
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Verse: 1    atʰa catasraḥ sam̐hitāḥ //
   Now for the four texts.

Verse: 2    padasam̐hitākṣarasam̐hitā varṇasam̐hitāṅgasam̐hitā ceti //
   Word-text, syllable-text, letter-text, and member-text, namely.

Verse: 3    nānāpadasaṃdʰānasaṃyogaḥ padasam̐hitetyabʰidʰīyate //
   Conjuction of independent words by euphonic combination is called word-text.

Verse: 4    yatʰāsvamakṣarasam̐hitādīnāmapyevam //
   And in like manner with the syllable-text and the rest, in accordance with their several names.

Verse: 5    gurutvaṃ lagʰutā sāmyam̐ hrasvadīrgʰaplutāni ca / lopāgamavikārāśca prakr̥tirvikramaḥ kramaḥ // svaritodāttanīcatvam̐ śvāso nādo 'ṅgameva ca / etatsarvaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ cʰandobʰāṣāmadʰīyatā //
   Heaviness, lightness, evenness; short, long, and protracted quantity; elision, increment, and euphonic alteration; natural state, vikrama, krama; circumflex, acute, and grave quality; breath, tone, and adjunction --- all this must be understod by him who reads the Veda language.

Verse: 6    padakramaviśeṣajño varṇakramavicakṣaṇaḥ / svaramāmtrāvibʰāgajño gacʰedācāryasam̐sadaṃ gacʰedācāryasam̐sadamiti //
   He who understands the distinctions of the pada-krama, who is versed in the varṇa-krama, and knows the divisions of accent and quantity, may go and sit with the teachers.

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