[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) › 307.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 307.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 307.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [307.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.307.2) “aja ekapāt (18)”—iti vaktavyam | sa punaḥ ayamādityaḥ nityam, “ajanaḥ” gamanaḥ “ekaḥ” ca “pādaḥ” brahmaṇaḥ || vijñāyate hi—“agniḥ pādo vāyuḥ pāda ādityaḥ pādo diśaḥ pādaḥ” iti | “ekena pādena pātīti vā” | sarvamidaṃ jagat ekenāṃśenānupraviśya pāti rakṣati svāpakāle prāṇātmanā'nnaṃ pacannajanaścetyaja ekapāt | “ekena pādena pibatīti vā” | ekenāṃśenodakaṃ sarvasmājjagataḥ pivatyajanaścetyaja ekapāt || atha “vā” ajano gamanaḥ, “eko'sya pāda iti” aja ekapāt | jīvabhūto'sya kṛtsne jagati ekaḥ pādo'nupraviṣṭaḥ | nigamo'pi hi bhavatyevāsminnarthe— “ekaṃ pādaṃ notkhiṃdati saliilāddhaṃsa uccaran | sa cettamuddharedaṅga na mṛtyurnārmamṛtaṃ bhavet” || “ekam” ātmanaḥ “pādam” aṃśaṃ “notkhidati” noddharati iti ādityo ‘haṃsaḥ’ mahatastamaso bādhvano vā hantā | kutaḥ punarnotkhidati ? ‘saliilāt’ sanmātre brahmaṇi līnādetasmājjagataḥ, ‘uccaran’ ahanyahani udayannityarthaḥ | ‘sa cet’ ‘taṃ’ jīvabhūtamātmanaḥ pādametasmāt jagataḥ ‘uddharet’ tatastaduddharaṇasamakālameva ‘aṅga’ kṣipraṃ ‘na mṛtyurnārmṛtaṃ bhavet’—sarvvamidamavyapadeśyaṃ saidaiva syādityarthaḥ | 12| 29| “tasya eṣa nipāto bhavati” sādhāraṇyena “vaiśvadevyāmṛci”—|| - [Previous: 307.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.307.1) - [Next: 308.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.308.1) - [Up: 307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.307) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.12.30) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.307.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.307.2) · Pramāṇa