Yāska's Nirukta 68.7

68.7

“krāṇāḥ ( 43 )”- ityetadanavagatam| “kurvāṇāḥ”-ityarthapratītiḥ “gobhiḥ krāṇā anūṣata”-iti nigamaḥ | “gobhiḥ kurvāṇā ( gāḥ ) astoṣata”-iti nirvacanam , tvāmindreti śeṣaḥ | “tvāmindra̍ ma̱tibhi̍ḥ su̱te su̍nī̱thāso̍ vasū̱yava̍ḥ | gobhi̍ḥ krā̱ṇā anū̍ṣata ||”- iti | he “indra!”“tvām”asmin māṃme “matibhiḥ”matimadbhiḥ“sute” medhāvibhirabhiṣute some, ya eva hi matimantaḥ, ta eva hi somamabhiṣotuṃ śaknuvanti, netare matihīnāḥ | “sunīthāsaḥ” suṣṭhu ye stotuṃ śaknuvanti, te sunīthāḥ | 'vasūyavaḥ' vasukāmāḥ | āhakimete kurvanti, matibhiḥ sute medhāvibhirabhiṣute some ? ucyate--“gobhiḥ” vāgbhiḥ, stutilakṣaṇābhiḥ | asminnabhiṣute some ābhimukhyena “kurvāṇāḥ” “anūṣata” “astoṣata” stuvantītyarthaḥ || ābhiṣuteṣu teṣu someṣu kimanyadāmimukhyena karaṇād indrasya gobhiḥ sunīthāḥ stuvantaḥ kuryuḥ, tasmāt “krāṇāḥ”–ityeṣa śabdaḥ, “kurvāṇāḥ” ityevamupapadyate |
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