[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) › 196.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 196.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 196.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [196.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.196.2) “ā no̍ ya̱jñaṃ bhāra̍tī0 (ṛ0 saṃ0 8,6,9, 2)” iti | ābhimukhyena asmākaṃ yajñamāgacchatu | kā punarasau ? iti | “bhāratī” “bharata ādityaḥ” sarvabhūtānyudakena bibhartti iti, “tasya” svabhūtā “bhāḥ” dīptiḥ | kathametu ? “tūryam” “kṣipram” | “ilā” “ca” pṛthivīsthānā | “ihaiveḷayā vasumatyā”-ityanuyājeṣu unnītasāmarthyāt pārthivatvāt | “manuṣvat” “manuṣyavat” “iha” karmaṇi “cetayantī” “cetayamānā” yathā manuṣyeṇa manuṣya āhūto bhoktumavilambamāna āgacchet, kṣipramevamāgacchatu, sā mameha karmaṇi havirbhoktavyamityevamarthaṃ jānānā | “sarasvatī” “ca” madhyasthānaivameva “cetayantī” āgacchatu | tā etāḥ “tisraḥ” api “devyaḥ” “svapasaḥ” “sukarmāṇaḥ” asmin 'karmaṇi “idaṃ barhiḥ” “syonaṃ” “sukhaṃ” prāpya etasmin ‘āsadantu’ “āsīdantu”-ityetadāśāsmahe | 8 | 13 | - [Previous: 196.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.196.1) - [Next: 197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.197.1) - [Up: 196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.196) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.13) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.196.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.196.2) · Pramāṇa