Niruktasamuccaya 3.1

Language: Sanskrit

3.1

agniṃ vāyuṃ tathā sūryaṃ lokānāmīśvarānaham
namāmi nityaṃ deveśānairuktasamaye sthitaḥ
athedānīṃ mandaprajñāvabodhanārthaṃ mantravivaraṇaṃ [ kriyate, tacca na ]
niruktamantareṇa saṃbhavati | yata āha—"athāpīdamantareṇa mantreṣvarthapratyayo na
vidyate"² iti | "nāniruktārthavit kaścinmantraṃ nirvaktumarhati"³ iti ca vṛddhānuśāsanam
niruktaprakriyānurodhenaiva mantrā nirvaktavyāḥ | mantrārthajñānasya ca
śāstrādau⁴ prayojanamuktam—yo'rthajña it sakalaṃ bhadramaśnute nākameti jñānabrahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastādvi sīmataḥ suruco vena āvaḥ
sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ sataśca yonimasataśca vivaḥ

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