[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) › 7.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.4 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.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 | 10 | - [Previous: 7.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.3.6) - [Next: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.10) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7) ## 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.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.7.4) · Pramāṇa