[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) › 7.3.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.3.3 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 7.3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.3) athāpi tatraiva kevalamasya padapūraṇatvamucyeta, neha, tathāpi padapūraṇeṣu parisaṃkhyāyamāneṣu nāyamukta iti parisaṃkhyayā padapūraṇatvamasya vādhyeta | aniṣṭaṃ caitat, tasmādubhayatrāpyadhīyata iti || • āha--nanvevaṃ ' khalu-nūnam ' ityetayoḥ padapūraṇatvasya bādhaḥ prāpta iti ?, ucyate-'naivam |' kiṃ kāraṇam ?, ukāravattau hyubhāvapi | yathaiva hyukāro'rthavāṃścānarthakaśca, evaṃ tāvapi | tasmādukāragrahaṇenāpi tāvapyatra gṛhītau draṣṭavyau | na kevalamubhāveva | kiṃ tarhi ?, anye'pi tāvanta eva santi | tadyathā--"ā ghātā gacchānūttarā"-iti| atra cakāraḥ | te'pi cātrāvaruddhā draṣṭavyāḥ | udāharaṇamātrapradarśanāthai hyetāvanta evodāhṛtāḥ | ta ete sarva evārthāsambhave satyanarthakā eva, sambhave tvarthavanta iti | kiṃ kāraṇam ?, na hi kasmiṃścidarthalaye tāvat sambhavati anarthatvaṃkalpanā nyāyyā śabdasya,arthapradhāno hi śabdaḥ | saṃ nā kasmādabhidheyenārthena vinā vākye saṃhanyeta | tasmādyāvadrabhyameva tāvadarthaḥ kalpanīyaḥ | yat punaretaduktam-‘vākyapūraṇāḥ' iti, agatireṣā | tadetat sarvathāpyarthāsambhave mati agatī, satyāṃ bhavati | ta ete prāyovṛttyā iva-nacinvādayo'rthavantaḥ | prāyovṛttyā ca kamīmidvo'narthakā iti draṣṭavyam || - [Previous: 7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.2) - [Next: 7.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.4) - [Up: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.10) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.3) · Pramāṇa