Yāska's Nirukta 303.1

303.1

“keśyagnim (ṛ0 saṃ0 8, 7, 24, 1)”-iti | jūterārṣam || “keśyagniṃ bibhartti” varṣeṇodakenauṣadhīrabhiniṣpādyeyannāhutidvāreṇa “keśī viṣaṃ bibhartti” |
"viṣūvṛttaḥ" "viṣṇātervipūrvasya snāteḥ śuddhayarthasya, vipūrvasya vā sacateḥ" sarvatra hyatiśayena yatsaktamiti, tadapi keśī bibhartti | "rodasī" api ca keśyeka bibhartti tannivāsīni bhūtāni anugṛhṇāti | api cāyaṃ svarādityaḥ "keśī viśvamidam” "sarvamidam abhivipaśyati" yathābhidraṣṭavyam | ko'yaṃ keśīti ? yata āha darśayannaivādityam- "keśīdaṃ jyotirucyate"- iti || ataḥ paraṃ vicāraḥ- "athāpyete itare jyotiṣī" prathama-mādhyamike "keśinī ucyete" | tatra tāvat "dhūmenāgniḥ" keśī, sa hi tasya prakāśanāya nigūḍhasyāpi bhavati | "rajasā cai madhyamaḥ" asāvapyamūrttatvāt aprakāśaḥ san rajasodbhūtena prakāśyate- asau vāyurāgacchatīti, udakena ca vaidyutaḥ |
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