[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) › 65.2.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 65.2.4 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 65.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [65.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.2.4) brahma̍jūtasta̱nvā̍ vāvṛdhā̱no bhūri̍dātra̱ āpṛ̍ṇa̱droda̍sī u̱bhe || (ṛ0 saṃ0 3, 2, 15, 1)” iti | viśvāmitrasyeyamārṣam | triṣṭup | udbhidgalabhidorniṣkevalye nividdhānīyasya sūktasya prathamaiveyam || 'indraḥ' 'pūrbhit' asurapurāṃ meghānāṃ vā bhettā, adbhiḥ pūrṇā apo vā pālayantīti meghāḥ, puraḥ, “pṛ̱ pālanapūraṇayoḥ ( kyā0 pa0 )”—ityetasya | 'atirat' abhinat | 'dāsaṃ' dāsayitavyaṃ megham || kaiḥ sahāyaiḥ saha ?, ‘arkaiḥ' vṛṣaiḥ \[vā,\] devairmādhyamikairvā || kilakṣaṇaḥ punarasāvindraḥ, ya atirat ? “vi̱dadva̍suḥ” prāptadhanaḥ | kiṃ kurvan atirat dāsam ? “vi̱daya̍mānaḥ” vividhaṃ hiṃsan “śatrūn” ye meghavadhapratibandhinaḥ || āha-–kiṃ vidadvasutvenaivaikena guṇena yukto ya indraḥ, sa etadakarot ? netyucyate'brahmajūtaḥ' ca brahmaṇā stutilakṣaṇena jūtaḥ prāptaḥ, prīto vā, brāhmaṇatanvā śarīreṇa 'vāvṛdhānaḥ' varddhamānaḥ 'āpṛṇat' āpūrayati | 'rodasī' dyāvāpṛthivyau ubhe api 'bhūridātraḥ' bahudānaśca indro dāsamatirat | evamatra vidadvasurddyamāno viśatrūniti śatrusannidhau dayateḥ kimanyat sāmarthyamupapadyetānyatra vadhāt ? || “i̱me su̱tā indra̍ vaḥ prā̱tarli̍ṃtvanā sa̱jorṣa̍sā pibatama̱śvinā̍tān | a̱yaṃ hi vā̍ mūtaye vanda̍nāya̱ māṃ va̍yaso do̱ṣā daya̍māno abūbudhat”–iti | “dyamāna iti” | atra dayatirgatyarthaḥ | dayamānaḥ uḍḍīyamānaḥ kāko'ntarikṣeṇādhastāt māṃ sutaṃ “doṣā” doṣāyāmabodhayat | mṛgyo'tra śeṣaḥ | 4 | 17 | - [Previous: 65.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.2.3) - [Next: 65.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.17) - [Up: 65.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.17) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.65.2.4) · Pramāṇa