[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) › 23.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 23.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 23.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23.2) iha mantre vṛtra ityetacchrutaṃ "tat" etat naigamānuprasaktaṃ vicāryate ityupayuktastacchabdaḥ | āha-"ko vṛtraḥ ?" ucyate-"megha iti nairuktāḥ, tvāṣṭro'sura ityaitihā- sikāḥ" | niruktamadhīyate nairuktāḥ|| āha-yadi megho vṛtro, ya eṣa mantreṣu tasya saṅgrāmaḥ śrūyate tatra kaḥ samādhiḥ ? iti | ucyate-"apāṃ ca jyotiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇo varṣakarma jāyate, tatropamārthena yuddhavarṇā bhavanti" | apāṃ ca meghodarāntargatānāṃ jyotiṣaśca vaidyutasya udbhūtavṛtteḥ miśrībhāvakarmaṇo varṣakarma jāyate tena hi vaidyutena jyotiṣā vāyvāveṣṭitena indrākhyenopattāḍyamānā āpaḥ prasyandante-varṣabhāvāya kalpante | tatra evaṃ satyudakatejasoritaretarapratidvandvabhūtayoḥ upamārthena rūpakalpanayā yuddhavarṇā bhavanti-iti yuddhe rūpakāṇītyarthaḥ | na hyatra yathābhūtaṃ yuddhamasti, na hīndrasya śatravaḥ kecana santi | mantro'pi caitasminnarthe asti nendrasya śatravaḥ,'' "yadaccara̱stanvā̍ vāvṛdhā̱no balānīndra prabruvā̱ṇo jane̍ṣu | mā̱yetsā te̱ yāni̍ yu̱ddhānyā̱hurnādya śatrūṃ nanu pu̱rā vi̍vitse || (ṛ0 saṃ0 8,1,15,2)" | vāmadevaputrasya bṛhadukthasyārṣam | triṣṭup | vyūḍhasyāṣṭame'hani niṣkevalye śasyate||'yat' 'acaraḥ' tvaṃ nānāprakāraṃ 'tanvā vāvṛdhānaḥ' śarīreṇa vigrahavān bhūtvā vāvṛdhānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ varddhamānaḥ || kathaṃ punaracaraḥ ? 'balānīndra prabruvāṇo janeṣu' | balāni ātmīyānivīryyāṇi, he indra ! prabruvāṇaḥ iva || kva ?, janeṣu || kiṃ tvaṃ tathaiva ? na | 'māyetsā te yāni yuddhānyāhuḥ' | yāni yuddhānyāhuḥ aitihāsikāḥ, nānārūpāṇyupapradarśayantaḥ, sā api ca te tava māyā it māyaiva || kiṃ kāraṇam ? 'nādya' śatruḥ tavāsti pratyanīkabhūtaḥ || 'na nu purā' nāpi purā kaścidāsīt | yāvad vīryaṃ kiñcit kvacidasti sarvaṃ tat tvameva | "vīryyaṃ vai prāṇo vīryyamindra iti ha vijñāyate" | kva te śatruḥ ? yena sākaṃ yuyovitha | etacca tvamapi 'vivitse' vetsyeva, na kevalamahamevetyabhiprāyaḥ | evametanmantre māyāmātrameva yuddhamiti śrūyate | vijñāyate ca "tasmādāhurnaitadasti yaddevāsuramiti" | tasmāt sādhūktam-"apāṃ ca jyotiṣaśca miśrībhāvakarmaṇo varṣaṃ jāyate, tatropamārthena yuddhavarṇā bhavanti" | 16 | - [Previous: 23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23.1) - [Next: 23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23.3) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.17) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.23.2) · Pramāṇa