Yāska's Nirukta 5.19

5.19

"akṣo̱ na ca̱krayo̍: śūra bṛha̱npratai̍ mahāpra̍ri̱rice̱ roda̍syoḥ | vṛ̱kṣasya̱ nu te̍ puruhūta va̱yā vyū̍ 3 tayo̍ ruruhurindrapū̱rvīḥ |" ( ṛ0 saṃ 4, 6, bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ pārikṣito'syāstriṣṭubhaḥ, pūrveṇārddhacenendraṃ stutvottareṇopālabdhavān | he 'śūra' indra ! 'puruhūta !' mahānakṣa iva cakrayoḥ 'praririce' prakarṣeṇātiricyate | 'te' tava 'mahā' mahattvena vibhūtiḥ | kuto'tiricyate ? 'rodasyoḥ' dyāvāpṛthivyoḥ | tathāpi caivaṃ vibhūtiyuktasya satastava tvadbhaktānāmevāsmākaṃ satāṃ 'vṛkṣasyeva' 'vayāḥ' śākhāḥ 'pūrvīrūtayaḥ' pūrvāḥ asmadyajñāgamanamārgāḥ 'viruruhuḥ' khilībhūtāratavātraugamanāt | aho kaṣṭaṃ mandabhāgadheyatāsmākam | yeṣāṃ no dhanaṃ tadasti yena tvāṃ yajemahi | kimatra tvāṃ yakṣyāma iti || "vayāḥ śākhāḥ" iti paryāyavacanaḥ | "veteḥ" vayā iti nigamaprasaktasya nirvacanam | "śākhāḥ khaśayāḥ" iti paryāyaprasaktasya |