[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) › 63.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 63.3 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 63.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63.3) viśvāmitrasyeyamārṣam | triṣṭup | hotā bravīti-he "adhvaryo !" ehi "prati gṛṇīhi" "śaṃsāva" āvāmubhāvapi, na hyapratigīryamāṇaṃ śasyate, nāpyaśasyamānaṃ pratigīryate, evamitaretaropakāra katvamabhipretyoktaṃ dvivacanam-śaṃsāva-iti | evamitaretaraguṇasampannametat "vāhaḥ" stotraṃ "kṛṇavāva" āvām | stoma eva hi devānāṃ voḍhā bhavati | "vāhi̍ṣṭho vāṃ havānāṃ stoma̍ḥ | (ṛ0 saṃ0 6, 2, 29, 1)"-iti, "voḍhṛtamo hānānāṃ stomaḥ"-iti hi vakṣyati | evamiyamabhivahanastutiḥ || evametacchaṃkhamabhivoḍhṛ ābhimukhyagāmi "idam" "indrāya" indrārtham, "juṣṭam" priyam, tasya yathā syāt tathā kurvaḥ || anye tvenām "adhiṣavaṇapravādāṃ" somābhiṣavaṇapravādinīṃ "stutiṃ" "manyante" vāhaḥśabdo hi udakavāhābhidhānasārūpyāt tatra yuktarūpatara iti kṛtvā yadā punarevaṃ, tadaivamartho yojyaḥ,- indrāya idaṃ vāhaḥ somodakapūrṇamadhiṣavaṇaphalakākhyaṃ vāhaḥ juṣṭaṃ priyaṃ yathā syāt tathā kurvaḥ | taddhi su 'śastaṃ' supratigīrṇaṃ ca indrasya prītijanakaṃ bhavati | etadevaṃ karttavyamāvābhyāṃ yataḥ, ato bravīmi, 'edaṃ barhiḥ yajamāmasya sīda' etad barhiḥ, yadetadagatagratastīrṇamagreṇa hotāraṃ barhiḥ sīd "sa pratigarāyopaviśati"-iti hyuktam, yajamānasya abhipretakāmāvāptaye āsīda | mā avamaṃsthāścireṇaitacchasyata iti, upaviṣṭaścet tvaṃ mamāgrataḥ | 'atha' anantarameva 'bhūt' bhavati | 'ukthaṃ' śastrametat, 'indrāya' indrārthaṃ 'śastam' nātra mama vāṅge mūpetyabhiprāyaḥ || evamiyamabhivahanastutiḥ, athavā adhiṣavaṇapravādā stutiḥ, ubhayathāpi tu iyam "aindrī tveva śasyate" idamevakamabhidhānamatra vyutpādyata ityabhiprāyaḥ | 16 | - [Previous: 63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63.2) - [Next: 63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63.4) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.16) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.63.3) · Pramāṇa