[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Etymology and Vedic lexicon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta) › [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › [Rijvartha (Niruktavritti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) › 12.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 12.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 12.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12.2) kiñcānyat,-“etadvai yajñasya samṛddhaṃ yadrūpasamṛddhaṃ yat karma kriyamāṇamṛgyajurvābhivadatīti ca brāhmaṇam|” etadeva hi yajñasya karmaṇaḥ samṛddham | tat kim iti ? ucyateyadrūpasamṛddham mantraliṅgairabhidhīyate, tadeva hi samastavṛddhyā yuktaṃ bhavati, netarat | etadeva sutarāṃ spaṣṭīkaroti-yat karma kriyamāṇamṛgyajurvābhivadatīti ca brāhmaṇam iti | śabdasāmānyād brāhmaṇaprāmāṇyāñceti ca śabdaḥ | brāhmaṇamapi ca mantrāṇāmarthavattvameva darśayati | anarthakā hi santaḥ kathaṃ karmābhivadeyuḥ ? kathaṃ vo'nabhivadantaḥ samarddhayeyuḥ ? arthavattvaṃ cobhyupagataṃ bhavatā brāhmaṇasya ‘athāpi brāhmaṇena rūpasampannā vidhīyante’ iti | atra brāhmaṇena siddhamevārthavattvamuktaṃ mantrāṇām | tadetadupadarśitamasmābhistasmādarthavanta eva mantrā iti | 16 | - [Previous: 12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12.1) - [Next: 12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12.3) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.16) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.12.2) · Pramāṇa