One such sage of great renown is Yaagnyavalkya, pointed out Nannilam Sri V. Rajagopala Ganapadigal in a discourse. There is a mention of him as a disciple of Vaisampayana in the Santi Parva of the Mahabharata. Vaisampayana, himself a direct disciple of the illustrious sage Vyasa, is the narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya during the Sarpa yaga. An interesting fact about Yaagnyavalkya is that he had once displeased his guru Vaisampayana and had to give back the Yajur Veda he had learnt from him. Later, he performed austerities and had the good fortune to be the disciple of Sun God from whom he learnt the Veda known as the Shukla Yajur Veda.

Source: The Hindu February 22, 2018 01:41 UTC