[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) › 258.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 258.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 258.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [258.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258.2) “somaḥ ( 2 )”-iti vaktavyam | sa punareṣaḥ “oṣadhiḥ” “somaḥ” haimavato maujavato vā | sa kasmāt ? “sunoteḥ” “ṣuñ abhiṣave (svā0 u0 )”-ityasya, abhiṣūyate hyasau yajñe | “yadenamabhiṣuṇvanti”-iti karmakārakaṃ darśayati | sa katham ? madhyamasthāno bhavati hi tamadhikṛtya-“yattai soma divi jyotiḥ ( ya0 vā0 saṃ0 6, 33 )”-iti, “somo vai vājastasya candramāstṛtīyamayaṃ yaḥ pavate sa tṛtīyamiti sa tanūkaraṇe taṃ sarvaṃ svatanūbhūtamāpyāyayati ( śa0 brā0 3, 9, 4, 12 )”-iti | tasmādasyaiva svā tanūryaccandramāḥ, rasātmakatvāt | vāyurvā so'yamevamātmānamāpyāyyābhiṣūyata iti bhavati sa madhyamaḥ | 11 | “bahulamasya naighaṇṭukaṃ vṛttam” asvāryā stutiḥ parārthā | tadyathā-prāyaḥ pāvamānaṃ maṇḍalam “āścaryamiva prādhānyena” | svapradhānā stutiḥ, kacidāścaryaṃ citrataḥ syāt "tasya pāvamānīṣu" ṛkṣu "nidarśanāya" ubhayam "udāhariṣyāmaḥ"-parārthatvaṃ stuteḥ svārthatvaṃ ca | parārthaṃ tāvadudāhriyate, tadyathā-|| 2 ) itara vā yatrākṛtaprakriyā syāṃdanadhikāro'smin prakrame candramasaḥ | candramaso vādhidaivamāpannasya | oṣadhisomasya vādhiyajñamāpannasya | tadetadubhayathā pradarśayati-|| 3 ) | tathā ceyam aparā anyā svārthaprādhānyā stutirapyasti somasyetyupapradarśanārthamāha-|| “candramāḥ (3)”kasmāt ? sa hi “cāyan”paśyan sarvabhūtāni uparyavasthitaḥ “dramati” gacchati, cāyateḥ pūrvapadam, drumateruttarapadam | athavā-“candro mātā” candraścāsau mātā ca nirmātā sarvasyeti candramāḥ, candraḥ pūrvapadam, mātottarapadam | “cāndraṃ mānamasya-iti vā” candramāḥ, candraḥ pūrvapadam, tadevottarapadam, kevalaṃ tu samānādhikaraṇaḥ pūrvaḥ, bahuvrīhiruttaraḥ | 11 | 5 | - [Previous: 258.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258.1.6) - [Next: 258.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258.3) - [Up: 258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.11.5) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.258.2) · Pramāṇa