Yāska's Nirukta 282.3

282.3

"ayamapītaraḥ" yo "gauro varṇaḥ" so'pi "etasmādeva" rocateḥ, sa hi dīptirūpatvāt kṛṣṇādīnapekṣya "praśasyo bhavati" |
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"tasyāḥ eṣā bhavati"-||
gaurīrmimīte salilāni takṣatī kurvatyekapadī madhyamena, dvipadī madhyamena cādityena ca, catuṣpadī digbhiḥ, aṣṭāpadī digbhiścāvāntaradigbhiśca, navapadī digbhiścāvāntaradigbhiścādityena ca, sahasrākṣarā bahūdakā parame vyomane |
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"gaurīrmimāya0 (ṛ0 sa0 2, 3, 22, 1 | atha0 saṃ0 9, 26, 21)"iti | asyavāmīye dīrghatamama ārṣam || "gaurī" sarvamidaṃ nirmimīte | katham ? "salilāni takṣatī" "kurvatī" udakapūrvakatvāt sarvarnirmāṇasya | kathamudakāni kurvatī ? "ekapadī" "babhūvurṣa" ekapadī bhavati, "madhyamena" sahaikatvamāpannā,"dvipadī" "madhyamena cādityena ca" | "catuṣpadī" "digbhiḥ", anapekṣyendrādityo | "aṣṭāpadī" "digbhiścāvāntaradigbhiśca" | "navapadī" "digbhiścāvāntaradigbhiśca" saha "ādityena ca" | "sahasrākṣarā" "bahūdakā" | "parame" "vyoman" "vyavane" vibhaktānāṃ bhūtānāṃ yatparamamavyakktamekam ; sarvabhāvānām vibhakta eka ātmā, yastadātmanaiva bhūtānā salilanirmāṇadvāreṇa sarvamidaṃ nirmimīte |
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"tasyāḥ eṣā aparā bhavati"-sā punaḥ kimartham ? iti-gaurīti guṇābhidhānam, prasiddhābhidheya chandasi devatāyām, yataḥ parayā samardhayati-||