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Yāska's Nirukta 170.3

Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 170.3

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Sanskrit

170.3

"athāpi" kvacit "āśīreva, na stutiḥ"| tadyathā,-"sucakṣā ahamakṣībhyāṃ -suvarcā mukhena suśrutkarṇābhyāṃ bhūyāsamiti"-"tadetat" evaṃlakṣaṇaṃ mantrajātam "āścaryyave" vede "bahulaṃ" prāyeṇa dṛśyate | "yājñeṣu ca mantreṣu" kāryyakaraṇeṣvitarayorapi vedayoriṣṭāśīreva bhavati, na stutireva kevalā, yatrāpyāśīreva kevalā, tatrāpi tasyārthasya yā devateṣṭā, tasyāḥ stutiryojyā | kiṃ kāraṇam ? na hyanabhiṣṭutā devatā āśiṣaṃ samarddhayati |
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