Yāska's Nirukta 187.2

187.2

“athāpi brāhmaṇaṃ bhavati” etasmin prakaraṇe yasminnayaṃ mantro viniyujyate, “agnirvā ito vṛṣṭiṃ samīrayati”-ityevamādi | agniḥ ito lokāt vṛṣṭiṃ samantata īrayati | dhūmabhūtā āpa oṣadhivanaspatibhyo vinivarttyamānāḥ āhutibhūtāścāmuṃ lokamāviśanti | “agnervai dhūmo jāyate, dhūmādabhram, abhrāt vṛṣṭiriti ha vijñāyate” | tāḥ punaragniānābhisampattipranāḍikayā dhāmacchadādityaḥ khalu divi bhūtvā dhāmnāṃ chādayitā raśmibhirbheghairūpermadhyamasthānamāpādayati | evaṃ tena sṛṣṭāṃ vṛṣṭiṃ madhyasthānā-
nmaruto vāyavo meghodarāṇi vidārya tebhyo vi̍ipruṣi̱psanto vṛṣṭimimaṃ lokaṃ nayanti prāpayantītyarthaḥ |
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athāparamapi brāhmaṇaṃ bhavati-“yadā khalu vāsāvādityo'gniṃ raśmibhiḥ" ityevamādi| tadevametat varṣakarma samānaṃ sarveṣām ityaheturmadhyasya vaiśvānaratve bhavati |
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