Yāska's Nirukta 7.4

7.4

ukārasyodāharaṇam-
śunaḥśepo niyukta ātmānaṃ mocayitumicchannetayā gāyatryendraṃ tuṣṭāva | 'ayam' iti vartamānaḥ san karmaṇi nirvitsannāha--'te'tava yuṣmadarthe somaḥ yaṃ prati nityakālameva'samatasi' sampannāsa|tvaṃ tāsu kriyāṣvāhūyamānaḥ samatasi sampatāsa | kathaṃ punaryaṃ prati samatasi?, 'kapotaṃ iva' kampananaḥ kapotaḥ, kutsitapatanaḥ, sa yathā 'garbhadhiṃ' garbhadhānīṃ kapotikāṃ, aṇḍāśrayaṃ vā nīḍaṃ prati punaḥ punaḥ patati| evaṃ yaṃ prati nityakālameva sabhyatasitvam, sa evāyamabhiṣutaḥ somaḥ, ebhirṛtvigbhiḥ | atha kimasmābhiḥ kariṣyasi ? mocaya asmān | kiṃvā
‘vacaḥ’ evedaṃ naḥ stutilakṣaṇaṃ ‘nohase’ na vitarkayasi rorūyamāṇānām ?, kenāpyabhiprāyeṇa vayametad brūmaḥ, - kairvā yuṣmadguṇairna yuktametaditi, yato na mocayasyasmānato yūpāt ! śrutvaitadavabuddhyārthamārttatāmasmākamavadhārya kāruṇyānmocayāsmān | kiṃ te'smābhiḥ, ayameva te'smattaḥ ativiśiṣṭataraḥ somo'bhiṣuta ityabhiprāyaḥ |
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