Yāska's Nirukta 21.3

21.3

"nāka ādityo bhavati" āha-kasmāt ? ucyate-"netā rasānām, netā bhāsāṃ" netā hyasau bhāsāṃ sarvāsu dikṣu || "jyotiṣāṃ" ca "praṇayaḥ" asyaiva hi bhagavato raśmijālaprāntopalayaṃ jyotiścakraṃ baṃbhramīti || "atha dyauḥ" kasmānnāka iti ? ucyate-"kamiti sukhanāma ( a0 3 khaṃ0 7 )" || āha tataḥ kim ? iti | śṛṇu-"tatpratiṣiddhaṃ" sat punarapi "pratiṣidhyate"|| āha-kim iti ? ucyate-tatpratiṣidhyamānam akam bhavati, asukhamityarthaḥ, punarapi ca pratiṣidhyamānaḥ "nākam" bhavati | tato dviḥ pratiṣedhaḥ prakṛtamāpādayati, nākamityukte sukhamiti pratīyate || brāhmaṇamapi caitasminnarthe bhavati-"na vā amuṃ lokaṃ jagmuṣe kiṃ ca nākam"-iti || āha-kimuktaṃ bhavati ? "amum" eva "lokaṃ" dyulokaṃ "gatavate" "na" "kiṃ ca" kiñcit nākaṃ " nāsukham " ityarthaḥ- ki kāraṇam ? ya eva hi "puṇyakṛtaḥ" bhavanti, te "eva hi" "tatra gacchanti" na ca puṇyakṛtāṃ duḥkhena bhavituṃ nyāyyam |
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