याज्ञवल्क्यस्ततो ब्रह्मंश्छन्दांस्यधिगवेषयन् । गुरोरविद्यमानानि सूपतस्थेऽर्कमीश्वरम् ॥ ६६ ॥
yājñavalkyas tato brahmaṁś chandāṁsy adhi gaveṣayan guror avidyamānāni sūpatasthe ’rkam īśvaram
- yājñavalkyaḥ
- Yājñavalkya
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa
- chandāṁsi
- mantras
- adhi
- additional
- gaveṣayan
- seeking out
- guroḥ
- to his spiritual master
- avidyamānāni
- not known
- su-upatasthe
- he carefully worshiped
- arkam
- the sun
- īśvaram
- the powerful controller
My dear brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, Yājñavalkya then desired to find out new yajur-mantras unknown to even his spiritual master. With this in mind he offered attentive worship to the powerful lord of the sun.