[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) › 3.7.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.7.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 3.7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7.2) ayamapi hi yena vākyānukrameṇa vakti manuṣyaḥ kañcidarthaṃ, na tenaiva śvā śaknoti vaktum || tatra yadukaṃ 'kimartha mantro vede samāmnātaḥ' iti | idaṃ na yuktam || 'puruṣavidyānityatvātkarmaphalasampattyarthaṃ mantro vede samāmnātaḥ' iti | nahyavicāritameva vijñāyate | ata idamāha || padacatuṣṭvamāśritya pakṣapratipakṣābhyo vicāryya avadhāritam | vipayaścākṣepaprasaṅgenaivāsya pariklṛptaḥ devamanuṣyavyavahārthamanedini || tadetatsarvamapi codakavaśāna prasaktānuprasaktamuktam | bhāvantu prakṛto yatamanveṣṭumamadhunā varṇayiṣyāmaḥ | sa ca punarubhayātmā bhāvaḥ | kāryātmā kāraṇātmā ca | tayoryaḥ kāryātmā tamadhikṛtyoktam- " kriyānirvarvyoṃ yo'rthaḥ sa bhāvaḥ, kriyaiva vā bhāvaḥ "- iti | idānīṃ kāraṇātmā bhāvo nirūpyate | kathaṃ kriyādravyayoḥ svātmabhyo viśeṣaḥ, kāryātmapradhvastayoḥ puruṣopabhogamantānopakṣaye kāryātmabhāvātītaḥ, yenātmabhāvena bhavanamātrābhisambandhano pralayakāle'vatiṣṭhate, so'tyantāvināśadharmamātra ātmā bhāva ityucyate || āha-kathamayamiha prasaktaḥ ? | śṛṇu-tadvikārā eva hi dravyaguṇakarmabhāvenāvasthitāḥ manto nāmākhyātopasarganipātairabhidhīyante | sthitikāle asāvapi ca prahīṇasarvvaviśeṣabhavanamātrakriyābhisambandhī san vyāvṛttasarvvopapadābhyāṃ nāmākhyātaśabdābhyāmucyate-'bhavatīti' bhāva iti ca | śabdagarttatvādapoḍhasarvvaviśeṣāpamyetāmavasthā metau śabdāvāskandataḥ | yata etayoreva sādhāraṇārthamaryāmaha prasaṅgataḥ padacatuṣṭādhikaraṇe || āha,-pradhānametat syāt | kiṃ kāraṇam ? | taddvāyena hyetajjagadavatiṣṭhate pralayakāla ityeke manyante | - [Previous: 3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7.1) - [Next: 3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7.3) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.2) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.3.7.2) · Pramāṇa