[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) › 185.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 185.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 185.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [185.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.185.2) idānīmutsargaṃ darśayati prayojanārtham,-"tadetadekameva jātavedasyaṃ gāyatraṃ tṛcam"-ityādi || taditi daśatayīṣvasyānusmṛtaye parokṣanirdeśaḥ | etaditi pra nūnamityetayā sannidhīkṛtyopadiśati | gāyatramiti cchandonirdeśo vivakṣitaprayojanārthaḥ | tṛcamiti etatsūktasya saṅkhyānirdeśaḥ | daśatīṣu sarvāsvapīti nirdhāraṇe saptamī, “vidyate” asti || tataḥ kiṃ yadyetadaivakaṃ jātavedasyaṃ gāyatraṃ tṛcaṃ daśatīṣu vidyate ? śṛṇu-bahubhiretairgāyatracchandoyuktairjātavedasyairmantrairvidyate prayojanamasti | na caite bahavaḥ santi sarvāsapi daśatīṣvetadaivakaṃ tṛcaṃ muktvā || tatra kiṃ kartavyam ? | iti - “yattu kiñcidāgneyam” mantrajātam, gāyatre eva cchandāsa ajātavedoliṅgamapi, “tat” “jātavedasānām” mantrāṇāṃ “sthāne” vini-“yujyate” śāstreṇa | tena kiṃ sthitaṃ bhavati ? agnirava jātavedā iti, karmapṛthaktvāt māhābhāgyādvā iti, itarathā hi prayogavaikalyaṃ syāt | na cānyaddevatamanyasya sthāne prayujyate | yathā cāyamanarthāntaramagnirjātavedā etasmād vidhiliṅgāt, tathā vaiśvānaraprabhṛtayo'pītyupekyam | 7 | 20 | - [Previous: 184.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.184.19) - [Next: 185.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.185.3) - [Up: 185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.185) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.21) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.185.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.185.2) · Pramāṇa