[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) › 2.9.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.9.4 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 2.9.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9.4) na hyanāśritā kadācidapi gṛhītapūrvākṛtiriti sākṣādgrahaṇāsambhavaḥ | tasmādodanakarmakāryā devadattakartṛkaudanaśabdopapadaiva nirdiśyate-'odanaṃ pacati devadattaḥ' iti | tatrāvivakṣitasvārtha odanaśabdaḥ || api ca kriyāvyāpārapiṃpṛcchiṣayaiva pṛṣṭaḥ---'kiṃ karoti' iti, kriyāvyāpāramātrameva pratyācaṣṭe--'pacati' iti| vataḥ 'kim' iti paryanuyukte śabdāntareṇāpākaroti--'devadatta odanam' iti | tasmācchabdāntaravācyatvāt sādhanasya pacatītyatra kriyaiva pradhānamityupapannam || yat punaretaduktam---'odanamiti pūrvamuktvā' iti, tatra brūmaḥ--sa hi paryanuyuyukṣāṃ sādhanagatāṃ bhāvinīmāśaṅkamānaḥ paryanuyogamātmano buddhayavasthaṃ kṛtvā tadapākaraṇārthamodanamiti pūrvaṃ bravīti || evaṃ tatrāpi dravyaviśeṣaparijñānārtho dvitīyaḥ paryanuyogo'nukto • draṣṭavyaḥ | tasmāt pacatīti śabdavācyatvācca kriyāyāḥ, śabdāntaravācyatvāt dravyasya, kriyaiva pradhānamiti || itaśca na dravyapradhānamākhyātam | 'ekasmin vākye dvayorākhyātayorasamavāyāt' | pacatipaṭhatītyubhayoḥ prādhānyāditaretareṇa samavāyo nāsti | na hītaraśabda itaratra guṇo bhavati | 'dravyaśabde ca samavāyāt' samaveti dravyaśabdenākhyātaśabdaḥ | pacati devadatta ityukte pacikriyāguṇabhūto lakṣyate devadattaḥ | tasmādupapannaṃ bhāvapradhānamākhyātamiti || api coktam"kriyāvācakamākhyātaṃ liṅgato na viśiṣyate | trīnava puruṣānviyātkālatastu viśiṣyate ||" iti | - [Previous: 2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9.3) - [Next: 2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9.5) - [Up: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.2.9.4) · Pramāṇa