[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) › 187.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 187.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 187.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.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 | 7 | 24 | athāparamapi brāhmaṇaṃ bhavati-“yadā khalu vāsāvādityo'gniṃ raśmibhiḥ" ityevamādi| tadevametat varṣakarma samānaṃ sarveṣām ityaheturmadhyasya vaiśvānaratve bhavati | 7 | 24 | - [Previous: 187.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.187.1) - [Next: 187.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.187.4) - [Up: 187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.187) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.24) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.187.2) · Pramāṇa