[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) › 158.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 158.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 158.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.158.2) “ādhavaḥ(117)”-ityanavagatam | “ādhavanāt”-ityavagamaḥ, ākampanādityarthaḥ| “maṃsīmahiṃ tvā vayama̱smāka̍ṃ deva pūṣan | matīnāṃ ca̱ sādhanaṃ viprā̍ṇāṃ cādha̱vam || (ṛ0 saṃ0 7, 7, 13, 4)”-iti || aindrasya vimadasyārṣam | anuṣṭup | pauṣṇī || ‘maṃsīmahi’ ‘tvā’ tvāṃ he ‘pūṣan’ ! ‘deva !’ ‘“matīnāṃ” ‘“ca” prajānāmasmākaṃ “sādhanaṃ” sādhayitāram, ādityena hi prāṇināṃ prajā abhivyajyante | kiñca, ye cānye'vi ‘“viprāḥ” prāptaprajñāḥ medhāvinaḥ, teṣām “ādhavam” ākampayitāraṃ svayameva | tathā tvamātmano guṇavattāṃ darśayasi, yathā protkampamānahṛdayāste tvāṃ stuvate || evamatra śabdasārūpyādarthāvirodhācca “ādhavaḥ = ākampayitā”-ityupapadyate | 6 | 29| - [Previous: 157.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.157.1) - [Next: 158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.158.3) - [Up: 158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.158) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.29) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.158.2) · Pramāṇa