Yāska's Nirukta 186.14

186.14

“agnikarmaṇā ca” “enaṃ” vaiśvānaraṃ prāyeṇa “stautīti” “vahasīti, pacasīti, dahasīti”| evaṃ vaiśvānara ! vahasi havīṃṣi, pacasi paktavyāni, dahasi dagdhavyāni | tasmādagnireva vaiśvānara iti sthitam |
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tadete ṣaṭ hetavaḥ,-taddhitena vigrahavyapadeśāt [ 1 ], ekavākye vibhaktyantaravyapadeśāt [ 2 ], auttamikeṣu sūkteṣu apravādāt [ 3 ], ādityakarmaṇā ca asaṃstavāt [ 4 ], āgneyeṣu sūkteṣu pravādāt [ 5 ], agnikarmaṇā ca saṃstavāt [ 6 ] iti || tat punaretadagnervaiśvānaratvaṃ sthitamapyasthitamiva parapakṣahetuṣvanirākṛteṣu, ataḥ tannirākaraṇāya prastauti-“yatho etat”-iti | yat punaretaduktaṃ-varṣakarmaṇā yasmāt stauti, tasmānmadhyama iti-“asminnapi” pārthive'gnau “etadupapadyate” varṣakarma-|| “samunnama̍ya̱ntyuda̱kamudvi̱tya̱va cā̍ha̱bhiḥ || bhūmi̍ṃ pa̱rjanyā̱ jinva̍nti di̱vaṃ ji̍nvantya̱gnaya̍ḥ ||”