Yāska's Nirukta 216.1

216.1

"athaikapadaniruktam"-| "gaṅgā, gamanāt" sā hi viśiṣṭaṃ sthānaṃ gacchati, gamayati vā prāṇino viśiṣṭaṃ sthānamiti gaṅgā ( 1 ) || "yamunā, prayuvatī gacchati" prakarṣeṇa miśrayatyanyābhiḥ nadībhiḥ svānyudakāni gacchati | "praviyutaṃ gacchatīti vā" stimitamiva taraṅgairgacchati ( 2 ) || "sarasvatī" "sara ityudakanāma" tat kasmāt ? "sapteḥ" sṛ-gatau-ityasya, tena sarasā viśiṣṭena "tadvatī" vijñāyate hi 'rājasūye sārasvatīnāmapāmabhiṣekārthavādaḥ-"varuṇasya vā abhiṣicyamānasyendriyaṃ vīryamapākrāmat, tat tredhābhavata, śṛgustṛtīyamabhavacchyāyantīyaṃ sarasvatī tṛtīyaṃ prāviśat" iti || ( 3 ) || . "śutudrī=śudrāviṇī=kṣipradrāviṇī" | śu-iti kṣipranāma | athavā-āśu kṣipramasau "tunneva" viddheva kenacit "dravati" ākāralopaḥ pūrvapade ( 4 ) || "irāvatīṃ paruṣṇītyāhuḥ" yeyamilāvatīti loke prasiddhā, tāmimāmetasmin mantre mantrārthavidaḥ paruṣṇītyāhuḥ | sā kasmāt ? "parvavatī" || kimuktaṃ bhavati ? "kuṭilabhāsinī" iti, tadasyāḥ parvavattvam, yāni kuṭilāni tāni parvāṇīva tasyāḥ, taistadvatīti ( 5 ) || "asikrī" kasmāt ? sā hi "aśuklā=asitā" || katham ? "sitamiti varṇanāma" sa ca punaḥ śukla iti prasiddho loke,-"sitāsitau yadvṛṣṇau" iti baladevavāsudevāvadhikṛtyoktam, "tatpratiṣedhaḥ" tasya śuklasya pratiṣedhaḥ "asitam" kṛṣṇamityarthaḥ | tasmāt kṛṣṇodakā asiknī ( 6 ) || "marudvṛdhāḥ" "sarvāḥ nadyaḥ, marutaḥ enāḥ varddhayanti" varṣeṇa | tasmāt pratyekaṃ nadyabhidhānamanuṣajyate viśeṣaṇatvena, -he marudvṛdhe !, gaṅge ! he marudvṛdhe ! yamune ! ityādi | "vitastā=avidagdhā" vaidehako nāmāgniḥ sa kila nadīḥ anyāḥ nirdadāha, na tāmiti sāmidhenībrāhmaṇe vijñāyate | athavā-"vivṛddhā, mahākūlā" vistīrṇā ( 7 ) || "ārjīkīyāṃ loke vipāḍityāhuḥ" | sā kasmāt ? "ṛjīkaprabhavā" ṛjīko nāma parvataḥ, tasmāt prabhavatīti taddhitena | athavā-"ṛjugāminī" satī ārjīkīyā | "vipāṭ" "vipāṭanād vā" vipāṭayatyasau bhūmimativegavattvāt gacchantīti | "vipāśanād vā" | kimasyāṃ vyapāśyanta ? "pāśā asyāṃ vyapāśyanta vasiṣṭhasya mumūrrṣataḥ" | vasiṣṭhaḥ kila majjrāsyāṃ mumūrṣuḥ, putramaraṇaśokārttaḥ pāśairātmānaṃ baddhvā, tasya kila te pāśā asyāṃ 'vyapāśyanta' vyamucyanta udakena | tataḥprabhṛti sā vipāṭ abhavat | "pūrvam āsīt uruñjirā" nāma sā, urujaletyarthaḥ | "viprāpaṇād vā" udakānāṃ vipāṭ ( 8 ) || 'suṣomā = sindhuḥ" | sā kasmāt ? "yat enām" abhipresuvanti" abhigacchanti anyāḥ prabhūtāḥ "nadyaḥ" || "sindhuḥ" kasmāt ? "syandanāt" sā hyavicchedena viśeṣataḥ syandata iti |
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