Yāska's Nirukta 66.1

66.1

“dāvane ( 32 )”–ityedanavagatam | “dānasya”--ityavagamaḥ || “akūpārasya ( 33 )”–ityetadanavagatam | anekārtham | “akuparṇasya”– ityavagamaḥ || dvayorapyetayoreka eva nigamaḥ,– “yanmanya̍se vare̍ṇya̱mindra̍ dyu̱kṣaṃ tadābha̍ra | vi̱dyāma̱ tasya̍ te vayama̱kūpārasya dāvane̍ ||–( ṛ0 saṃ0 4,2,10,2)”iti|
atrerbhaumasyaiyamārṣam | acchāvākasya tārtīyasavanike avāpe viniyuktā, “yadindracitraṃ”—iti, iyaṃ ca || he 'indra !' 'yan' 'manyase' jānīṣe tvaṃ 'vareṇyaṃ' varaṇīyam, etaddhanamiti, 'dyukṣaṃ' ca, yat dyutinivāsabhūtam, dyutimadityarthaḥ | 'tat' asmabhyam 'ābhara' | kadācit tvamāhṛtyāpi na dadyāḥ ? ato brūmaḥ,--“tasya” tvayāhṛtasya dhanasya "vidyāma" labhemahi “te” tava svabhūtasya || kilakṣaṇasya ? “akūpārasya” “akuparaṇasya" akutsitapūraṇasyetyarthaḥ | yena labdhena supūrṇamātmānaṃ manyāmahe paryāptamaihikāya ca śreyase āmuṣmikāya cetyarthaḥ | “dāvane” “dānasya” ityarthaḥ | īdṛśasya bhāvakasya dhanasya vayameva labdhāraḥ syāmetyabhiprāyaḥ | evamiha yanmanyase vareṇyaṃ, dyukṣaṃ ca tadābhareti indra ucyamāno dhanasannidhānād dānādanyat kimucyate ? dhanameva hi prāyeṇa manuṣyaiḥ prārthyate, tasmādatrāśrūyamāṇo'pi dhanaśabdo'dhyāhṛtaḥ | tacca punaḥ prārthyamānaṃ bahu prārthyate | tasmādakūpārasyetyeṣa śabdo'tiparokṣavṛttiḥ| akuparaṇasya -ityevaṃ parokṣavṛttitve nāvasthāpya, tataḥ 'akutsitapūraṇasya' ityevaṃ, pratyakṣavṛttitvena vyākhyāyate | atra kurgiti kutsārthaḥ, paraṇaṃ pūraṇamucyate, kutsitaṃ paraṇaṃ kuparaṇam, na kutsitaṃ paraṇam akuparaṇam, tasya akuparaṇasya prabhūtasyetyarthaḥ|| dānasambandhādeva dāvane-ityeṣa śabdo dānārtha ityupapattiḥ|| etasmina mantre 'akūpārasya, dāvena'--ityayamanayoḥ padayoranukramaḥ, samāmnāye punaḥ 'dāvene, akūpārasya'- iti mantrapāṭhavyatikrameṇānukramaḥ| tena jñāyate'nyairevāyamṛṣibhiḥ samāmnāyaḥ samāmnātaḥ, anya eva cāyaṃ bhāṣyakāra iti, eko hi samāmnānaṃ bhāṣyaṃ ca kurvan prayojanasyābhāvādekamantragatāyoḥ pāṭhānukramaṃ nābhaṅkṣyat | avivakṣitāthām̐ścaite mantre nigamāḥ, teṣu sampattyā kākatālāyanyāyena kasmiṃścadekasminneva nigame dve pade agacchataste yathāpāgataṃ eva bhāṣyakāro vyācaṣṭe - ityadoṣaḥ |
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