[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) › 181.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 181.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 181.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [181.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181.2) atha khalu yathoktamamapi jyotirbhavatyagnistathodāhariṣyāmaḥ“samudrādū̱rmirmadhu̍mām̐ udā̍ra̱dupāṃśunā̱ sama̍mṛta̱tvamā̍naṭ | ghṛ̱tasya̱ nāma̱ guhya̱ṃ yadasti̍ ji̱hvā de̱vānā̍ma̱mṛta̍sya̱ nābhi̍:|| ( ṛ0 saṃ0 3, 8, 10, 1 )”-iti || “ādityam uktaṃ manyante” | pūrvaiyaiva samānārthaviniyogā | nānādevatābhivādastvasyāṃ devatānukramaṇyāṃ śaunakenoktaḥ | iha pum̐naḥ saurīti kṛtvodāhṛtā bhāṣyakāreṇa, sūktaṃ sakalaṃ ca | “samudrāt” udakasaṅghātāt “ūrmiḥ” chādakaḥ sarvasya prakāśena, “madhumān” udakavān, “udārat” udatītarat, uttarati vā, udeti ahnayahani prathairma janmābhipretya | sa punarjātaḥ san ‘amṛtatvam’ amṛtabhāvam ‘aṃśunā’ candramasā ‘upasamānaṭ’upasaṃkhyāpnoti|“so'syānnaṃ tena na mriyate yamakṣitimakṣitayaḥ pibanti”-ityuktam || kathamamṛtatvaṃ tena upasamānaṭ ? iti | ‘ghṛtasya’ udakasya haviṣo vā ‘yat’ ‘nāma’ namanaṃ ‘guhyaṃ’ rahasyamavijñātaṃ kenacidapi atra ‘asti’ vidyate candramasi, tatra ‘devānāṃ’ raśmīnāṃ ‘jihvā’ tadamṛtaṃ nityamāsvādayanti, devāstena na mriyante | teṣām ‘amṛtasya’ amaraṇatvasya ‘nābhiḥ’ nahanaṃ sa heturityarthaḥ | 7 | 17 | atha kutaḥ sūryo'yamiti viśeṣato'vadhriyate, na caitasminnapi mantre'gniśabdo'sti, yaḥ satyapyādityadevatve'sya mantrasyāgnitvamādityasya prakhyāpayet, ghṛtastovya etā iti ca. vijñāyate, tasmādasamarthamidamudāharaṇam 1 na asamartham| kasmāt ? sūkte'gniliṅgamekeṣāṃ śākhināmasti,-"i̱maṃ stana̍m"-ityatra "a̱pāṃ prapī̍tamagne"-iti | niviccāsmin sūkte dhīyate, sā cāgniliṅgā | ādityaścāyamanena mantreṇocyata iti sphuṭamasyaiva mantrasya "brāhmaṇam"- "samudrādvahye̱ṣo'dbhya udeti"- "iti ca" | na ca pārthivaḥ samudrāt udeti, virodhāt tasya udakena, tasmādādityo'trāgnirabhipretaḥ-iti nāsamarthamudāharaṇam | 7 | 17 | - [Previous: 181.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181.1.4) - [Next: 182.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.182.17) - [Up: 181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.17) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.181.2) · Pramāṇa