[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) › 136.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 136.3 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 136.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [136.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136.3) "api vā" "medasaśca" vapāsahayoginaḥ "paśoḥ" paśvavadānasya cābhidhāyakametat, "sāttvaṃ" sattvaviṣayaṃ "dvivacanaṃ syāt" santi hyevaṃrūpāṇi dvivacanānyapi tadyathā,-"daivyā hotārā bhiṣajā" kiṃ kāraṇamucyate--"dvivacanam" etat "syāt"- iti ? ataḥ,-yasmāt "yatra hi ekavacanārthaḥ prasiddham" eva, niḥsandehameva "tad bhavati, - puroḷā agne pacataḥiti yathā" || "puroऴā agne pacatastubhyaṃ vā ghā pariṣkṛtaḥ | taṃ juṣasva yaviṣṭhya || (ṛ0 ma0 3, 1, 21 2) '-iti || viśvāmitrasyārṣam | gāyatrī | āgneyī | āśvinasya dvikapālasya atirātre yadi sviṣṭakṛd bhavati, tasyeyaṃ puro'nuvākyā bhavati | "puroḷāḥ" purāḍāḥ puroḍāśaḥ "pacataḥ" pakva ityarthaḥ | 'tubhyaṃ' tvadartham | bhagavān "agne" 'vā'-'ghā'-iti anarthakau | na kevalaṃ pakvaḥ, kiṃ tarhi ? 'pariṣkṛtaḥ' susaṃskṛta ityarthaḥ | 'taṃ' 'juṣasva' sevasva he 'yaviṣṭhya' yuvatama ! athavā -miśrāyatūnatama ! || evamatra "pariṣkṛtaḥ"-ityetasmādekavacanasambandhāt "pacataḥ"-ityekavacanamevai sidhyati | 6 | 16 | - [Previous: 136.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136.2) - [Next: 136.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136.5) - [Up: 136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.16) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.136.3) · Pramāṇa