[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) › 232 # Yāska's Nirukta 232 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 232 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [232.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.232.1) "devī joṣṭrī0 (ya0 vā0 saṃ0 28, 15)"-iti | "devī joṣṭrī" "devyau joṣayitryau" "vasudhītī=vasudhānyau" vasūnāṃ nidhānabhūte, "yayoḥ" devyoḥ anyā ekā "aghā" "aghāni" "dveṣāṃsi" hanti yānyapriyāṇyasmārkaṃ tāni "yūpavat" "avayāvayati" avamiśrayati nāśayalyasmattaḥ | "anyā" punaḥ "āvakṣat" "āvahati" | "vasū vāryāṇi" "yajamānāya vananīyāni (varaṇīyāni) vasūni"| "vasuvane vasudheyasya" "vasuvananāya" ca sambhajanāya, 'vasudhānāya' vasuviśiṣṭasya nidhānāya ca | te devyau joṣayitryau "asya" pṛṣadājyasya svamaṃśaṃ "vītām" "pibetāṃ, kāmayetāṃ vā"| maitrāvaruṇo bravīti, -he hotaḥ ! tvam ete "yaja""iti sampraiṣaḥ" || "daivyau joṣayitryau 0-yajeti sampraiṣaḥ 1" | etasyārtha uktaḥ | 9 | 42 | ### [232.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.232.2) "devī joṣṭrī (35)"-"devyau joṣayitryau" sarvasya tarpayitryau | ke punaste ? iti | "dyāvāpṛthivyau" "ahorātre vā" || "śasyaṃ ca samā ca iti kātthakyaḥ" śasyaṃ vrīhyādi, sameti saṃvatsaraḥ| 9| 41| "tayoḥ eṣaḥ sampraiṣo bhavati"-|| ### [232.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.232.42) "devī ūrjāhutī (36)" devyau ūrjādvānyau | "dyāvāpṛthivyau iti vā, ahorātre iti vā, śasyaṃ ca samā ca iti kātthakyaḥ" | 9 | "tayoḥ eṣaḥ sampraiṣaḥ bhavati"-|| ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.42) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.232) · Pramāṇa