Yāska's Nirukta 34.1

34.1

daśāvanibhya iti | "avanayaḥ" ityevamādīni nayādināmabhiḥ sandihyante, tadarthamidamudāhriyate | triṣṭubeṣā | arbudasya kādraveyasya sarpasyārṣam | grāvastutau viniyuktā || daśabhiravanibhiḥ ye upacaryante grāvāṇaḥ, somābhiṣavakarmaṇi pravṛtte, te daśa avanayaḥ, tebhyaḥ "daśāvanibhyaḥ" he ṛtvijaḥ ! yūyamapi "arcata" stutīḥ proccārayatetyarthaḥ | evameva daśabhiḥ kakṣyābhirye upacaryyante, te daśakakṣyāḥ, tebhyaḥ "daśakakṣyebhyaḥ" arcata | daśabhiryoktraiḥ ye upacaryyante, te daśayoktrāḥ, tebhyaḥ "daśayoktrebhyaḥ" arcata | daśabhiryojanaiḥ ye upacaryante, te daśayojanāḥ, tebhyaḥ "daśayojanebhyaḥ" arcata | daśabhirabhīśubhirye upacaryyante, te daśābhīśavaḥ, tebhyaḥ "daśābhiśubhyaḥ" arcata | "ajarebhyaḥ" ajaraṇadharmabhyaḥ arcata | "daśa dhuraḥ" ya ete grāvāṇaḥ tebhyaḥ arcata | daśabhirdaśabhiraṅgulībhirya ete yuktā vahanti grāvāṇaḥ, tebhya ebhyaḥ "daśa yuktā vahadbhyaḥ" arcata || iti samastārthaḥ || athaikapadaniruktam-| "avanayo'ṅgulayo bhavanti" tā hi "avanti karmāṇi" rakṣanti bhakṣayanti vā kṣipantītyarthaḥ | "kakṣyāḥ" apyaṅgulaya eva, tā hi "prakāśaya nti karmāṇi" prakaṭīkurvantītyarthaḥ || "yoktrāṇi" -- ityetat padaṃ "yojanāni iti"
anena padena “vyākhyātam” yojanānītyetat nigadasiddhameva || “abhīśavaḥ” api aṅgulaya eva, tā hi “abhyaśnuvate karmāṇi”vyāpnuvantītyarthaḥ||anekairnāmabhiraṅgulaya evoktāḥ anekakriyāśaktyupapradarśanāya | ete grāvāṇa evamanekakriyāyoginībhiraṅgulībhirgṛhītāstadarthamarcateti || “dhūḥ dhūrvateḥ vadhakarmaṇaḥ” dhvarati dhūrvatīti vadhakarmasu paṭhitam |
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