Yāska's Nirukta 118.6

118.6

"asinvatī ( 17 )"-ityanavagatam | "asaṃkhādantyau"-ityarthapratītiḥ | "apa̍śyamasya maha̱to ma̍hi̱tvamama̍rtyasya martyā̍su vi̱kṣu | nānā̱ hanū̱ vibhṛ̍te̱ saṃ bha̍rete̱ asi̍nvatī bapsa̍tī bhūryattaḥ || ( ṛ0 saṃ0 8, 3, 14, 1 )"-iti | vaiśvānarasyāgneḥ saucīkasya vā vājambharasya vā satteriyamārṣam | triṣṭup | āgneyī | 'apaśyam' aham | bhagavataḥ agneḥ 'mahataḥ' 'mahitvam' māhābhāgyam | 'amarttyasya' amaraṇadharmiṇaḥ | 'marttyāsu' maraṇadharmiṇīṣu, 'vikṣu' manuṣyaprajāsu ityarthaḥ | āhaki punastanmāhābhāgyam ? iti, ucyate-'nānā' bhāvenaite 'hanū' hananasamarthe jvāle avasthite 'vibhṛte' vividhamiva dhṛte satyau 'sambharete' ekatra harete havīṃṣi dārūṇi vā | sambhṛtya ca "asinvatī" "asaṃkhādantyau" asaṃkhādantyāviva, athavā-asaṃcūrṇayantyāviva | anena prakāreṇa śīghraṃ "bapsatī" bhakṣayantyau | "bhūri" api dārujātaṃ havirjātaṃ vā, -yat "attaḥ" bhakṣayataḥ, na ca śrāmyataḥ | etadasya māhābhāgyamahamapaśyamasmin manuṣyaloke iti | hanurūpasambandhāt bahvīṣvapi jvālāsu dvivacanameva sthitam || evamatra hanusambandhāt "asinvatī=asaṃkhādantyau"-ityupapadyate |