Yāska's Nirukta 268.1

268.1

ata uttare “atharvāṇaḥ (13)” “bhṛgavaḥ (14)”-ityete pade samāmnāte | na caitayoḥ samastayoḥ pratyekaṃ vā stutirasti | asti tu pitraṅgirobhṛgubhiḥ sādhāraṇā stutiḥ | atastadaunirvacanāya prasaṅgyamāṇānabhipretyātharvaśabdānirvacanaprasaṅgāt bravīti-‘aṅgirasaḥ’ “vyākhyātāḥ” (3 |
17 | 1 ), ye'syāmṛci vakṣyamāṇāyām,-“pitaraḥ” “vyākhyātāḥ” (4 |
21 | 1 ),-“bhṛgavaḥ” “vyākhyātāḥ” (3° |
17 | 1 )|| “atharvāṇaḥ (13)” kasmāt ? te hote “athanavantaḥ” kimidamathanam, yena te tadvantaḥ ? ata āha-“tharvatiḥ caratikarmā” gacchatyarthaḥ | tataḥ kim ? “tatpratiṣedhaḥ” purastādakāraḥ,-na tharvanti-iti atharvāṇaḥ, sthiraprakṛtayo hi te |
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“teṣām eṣā sādhāraṇā bhavati”-aṅgiraḥprabhṛtīnām-||
•'sūryasyeva vakṣatha0 (ṛ0 saṃ0 5,3,23,3)'–iti | indrasyārṣam || "sūryasyeva jyotiḥ" yathā sūryasya dīptiravabhāsikārthānām, evam "eṣām" vasiṣṭhānāṃ "vakṣathaḥ" vacanasya dīptiḥ adhidevādigatānāmarthānāmasandehenāvabhāsikā vācye'rthe | api ca na kevalameṣāmasandigdhārthāni vacāṃsi,–gambhīrāṇi ca, mahārthavanti gambhīrārthatayā duravagāhāni | yata āha –"samudrasyeva mahimā gabhīraḥ" | yathā udakamaparimeyaṃ samudre, evamaparimeyārthāni | satyapi ca mahārthatve naite vilambitastutayaḥ, kiṃ tarhi ? "vātasyeva prajavaḥ" | prakṛṣṭo java āśupratipattiḥ tuṣṭūpatāṃ varṇapadavākyeṣu nirmalamanovāgvṛttī śabdārthāvisaṅgena pratipadyete | api caivamatimahānubhāvā ete, naiteṣāmanyastotā vacanapadavīmanugantuṃ śaktaḥ | yato bravīmi–"nānyena" kenacit stotrā, he "vasiṣṭhāḥ!" pratyakṣīkṛtyottareṇa pādena bravīti–eṣaḥ "stomaḥ" iyaṃ stutiḥ, bhāvatkī, asandigdhārthā, gambhīrā, avilambitā ca | "na anyena anvetave" nānugantumanyena śakyā, ka enāmanukariṣyatīti stutiparituṣṭa indro vasiṣṭhānastaut || evamṛṣayo'pi stūyante iti pradarśanamapyastīti mantrāṇāṃ viṣaya iti || apare punaḥ–"sūryasyeva vakṣathaḥ" | sūryatejaḥsamānadīptārasta ete vasiṣṭhāḥ tejasvinaḥ, samudropamagambhīrasvabhāvāśca, śīghragatayaśca, sarvatrāpratihatajavāḥ, na teṣāmanyena gatiranugantuṃ śakyeti varṇayanti |
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