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The Vedas, since the dawn of human civilisation have been regarded as the first Source Books of knowledge, given to man for his individual and collective welfare. They speak of eternal truth and not the history of earlier people as understood by many today. There is no primitivism in the revealed knowledge. It would be erroneous on our part if we interpret the Vedic verses anthropologically or archaeologically. All that we want to know is the Rig, all that we want to do is Yajuh. The former is the Jnana Kanda and the latter is Karma Kanda. It is commonly considered that the Sukla Yajuh is purely a Veda without any admixture of contents of later Brahmana texts. On the other hand, in the Krsna Yajuh, original verses are mixed up with explanatory passages. Although Yajurveda is regarded as a guide book for performing rituals, it contains all facets of excellent performances (Yajna) of man in his individual and social life. These cover domestic services, the apparatus of goverment, scientific inventions, educational activities, charities and symbolic rituals. Yajna is an approach to the Supreme Artist through His Supreme Art. The knowledge gained from the creation is made available to common man. The Yajurveda is a collection of 1975 verses spread over forty books (adhyayas).