[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) › 152.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 152.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 152.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [152.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.152.2) "bekanāṭān (109)”- ityanavagatam | “dviguṇakāriṇo vā” “dviguṇadāyino vā” ‘dviguṇakāmino vā’-iti śabdasamādhayaḥ | “indro̱ viśvā̍m̐nbeka̱nāṭā̍m̐ aha̍rdṛśa̍ uta kratvā̍ pa̱ṇīm̐ ra̱bhi | | kaddu̱ mahīra̱dhṛṣṭā̍ asya ta̱viṣīḥ kaddu̍ vṛ̱traghno aste̍tam || ( ṛ0 saṃ0 6, 4, 49, 5 )”-iti || prāgāthaḥ kalirnāma, tasyārṣam | aindrī | bṛhatī | mahāvrate bārhaspatyāṃ tṛcāśītyāṃ viniyuktā || “indraḥ” “viśvān” “sarvān” “bekanāṭāna” “kusīdinaḥ” vṛddhijīvanān, “ahardṛśaḥ” yairihaiva janmani sūryo dṛṣṭo na punardrakṣyantītyarthaḥ | athavā—“ye imāni” eva “ahāni paśyanti” viṣayabhogapradhānāḥ, nāstikatayā, “na” pāralaukikeṣvahaḥsu,—asya duṣkṛtasya karmaṇaḥ ko'pi phalapariṇāmo bhaviṣyatītyevaṃ bhāvi na paśyanti, tānabhibhavati | “kratvā” svena “karmaṇā” | “uta paṇīn” api paṇīn | “paṇirvaṇig bhavati” na hi viśuddhena karmaṇā vyavaharanti | yābhiretat karma karoti, yābhiḥ punarevamādīn duṣkṛtakāriṇo'bhibhavati, ‘kat ū mahīḥ’ kva tā mahatyaḥ senāḥ ? ‘asya’ indrasya ‘adhṛṣṭāḥ’ anādharṣitapūrvāḥ paraiḥ, ‘taviṣīḥ’ yāśca mahatyaḥ | ‘kat ū vṛtraghnaḥ’ kva ca vṛtraghnaḥ indraḥ ? yasya ‘astṛtam’ anupahataṃ balam, yenaitān hantīti|| evamatra “bekanāṭāḥ=kusīdinaḥ” arthāvirodhādityupapadyate | 6 | 26 | - [Previous: 151.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.151.1) - [Next: 153.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.153.1) - [Up: 152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.152) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.26) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.152.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.152.2) · Pramāṇa