Yāska's Nirukta 43.8

43.8

“agniriti” eṣā “rūpopamā” | “hiraṇyarūpo hiraṇyasaṃdṛk” iti ||
gṛtsamadasyeyamārṣam | triṣṭup | apānnapāddevatā|kumbheṣṭakopadhāne'gnicayane viniyuktā || ‘hiraṇyarūpaḥ’ hiraṇyasamānarūpaḥ | api ca, ‘saḥ’ ‘apānnapāt’ madhyasthāno vaidyuto'gnirādityasya putro'pānnapāt, prāvṛṭakāle varṣārttānāṃ prajānāmannārthinīnāṃ ca ‘hiraṇyasandṛk’ hiraṇyamiva sandṛśyamānaḥ manaḥprītijanakaḥ || api ca sa eva ‘hiraṇyavarṇaḥ’ hiraṇyamiva varaṇīyaḥ prārthanīyāṃ bhūtānām || ya evaṃguṇayukto'pānnapāt, sa kiṃ karotu ? iti'hiraṇyayāt' tejomayāt 'yoneḥ' ādityāt vinirgatya 'pariniṣadya' sarvato niṣadya madhyasthāne abhrajālenāntarikṣalokaṃ vyāpya [ 'hiraṇyadāḥ'- ityekaṃ padaṃ visarjanīyāntam ] 'hiraṇyadāḥ' hiraṇyadātā | so'pānnapāt paripadya 'dadāti' dadatu 'annam' avahetūdakam 'asmai' yajamānāya iti | "samudrādūrmirmadhumām̐ udā̍ran ( ṛ0 saṃ0 3, 8, 10, 1 )"- ityādityamuktaṃ manyante, ityatasmād darśanādapāṃ putra ādityaḥ | "ādūto agnimabharadvivasva̍taḥ" ( ṛ0 saṃ0 4, 5, 10, 4 )"- ityataścādityasyāpi vaidyuto'gniḥ putraḥ, ityevamasāvapānnapāt apāṃ naptā |
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