[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) › 24.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 24.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24.2) āha— “rātriḥ kasmāt ?” iti | ucyate- iya hyāgacchantī “prakarṣeṇa ramayati”|| kāni ? “bhūtāni naktañcārīṇi” piśācādīni, tāni hi vigate'hani rātryāmupasthitāyāṃ prāpto'ya vihārasamaya iti prakarṣeṇa ramante || “uparamayatītarāṇi dhruvīkaroti” itarāṇyapi divācārīṇi saivoparamayati, tasyāṃ hyupasthitāyāṃ divācarāṇi bhūtāni manuṣyādīni itikarttavyatābhya uparamanti, uparamya ca sthirībhavanti nivāsāya || “rātervā syāt dānakarmaṇaḥ” dānārthasya | āha—kimasyāṃ pradīyate ? ucyate"pradīyante'syāmavaśyāyāḥ” avaśyamāyantītyavaśyāyāḥ, tuṣārā ityarthaḥ, te hi rātrau nipatanti | 18 | ( athoṣonāmāni ) - [Previous: 24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24.1) - [Next: 24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24.3) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.18) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.24.2) · Pramāṇa