Yāska's Nirukta 80.5

80.5

“āhanaḥ (11)”—ityetat padaṃ sambodhanamanavagatam, apratīyamānārthatvāt | “āhaṃsi”--ityarthapratītiḥ ||
“na ti̍ṣṭhanti̱ na nimi̍ṣantye̱te de̱vānā̱ṃ spaśa̍ i̱ha ye cara̍nti | anyena̱ madā̍hano yāhi̱ tūṃya̱ tena̱ viva̍ha ra̱thye̍va ca̱krā || ( ṛ0 saṃ0 7, 6, 7, 3,)”-iti || yamasya yamyāśca saṃvādasūktam, tatra yamasyeyamarṣam | sa yamīṃ maithunāya prārthayamānāṃ bravīti,-he yami ! mā maṃsthāḥ sāmprataṃ raho varttata iti, kiṃtu, 'na tiṣṭhanti' muhūrttamapi, ete janāḥ randhrānveṣaṇatatparā ityabhiprāyaḥ | api ca, 'na nimiṣanti' animiṣāḥ, ādaravanta ityabhiprāyaḥ | ke punaste ? ityucyate-'ete devānāṃ' svabhūtāḥ, 'ye' 'iha' etasmin loke 'spaśaḥ' spārśayitāraḥ, kṛtākṛtānāṃ karmaṇāṃ cihnayitāraḥ | 'mahānardhvaryuḥ spārśayeta' ityatrāpi spārśayatiścihnanārthaḥ śrūyate || ke punaste ? iti | ucyateahaśca, rātriśca, ubhe ca sandhye, sūryācandramasau, vāyuśca, antarapuruṣaśca-ityevamādayaḥ, na hyeteṣāṃ kiñcidaviditaṃ parokṣamasti-ityabhiprāyaḥ | ato bravīmi,-“anyena” anyakulajena kenacit puruṣeṇa, “mat” mattaḥ, tvaṃ he “āhanaḥ !” maithunaṃ “yāhi” “tūryaṃ” “kṣipram” | “āhaṃsi iva” asabhyametat “bhāṣamāṇā” tvam, nāhametadasabhyaṃ śrotumapyutsahe tava, kiṃ punaḥ kartum ? tasmānmatto'nyena maithunārthaṃ cara | 'tena' eva saha 'vivaha' abhyudyacchasva ātmānaṃ maithunakarmaṇi | 'rathyeva cakrā' rathacakre iva, yathaikamakṣaṃ rathacakre dve abhyudyacchataḥ, evamekamanastvamupapadya tenaikabhūtena manasā akṣaṃṇaivobhe api śarīre, tvaṃ ca tasya kāminaḥ saktam, sa ca tava, tenaiva saha tavaitasminnarthe ekamanastvamastviti, na mayā sārddhametasminnarthe'bhyudyacchamānā na māṃ śakṣyase kampayitumityabhiprāyaḥ | evametasmin mantre'niṣṭhatvānmaithunasamācārasya “āhanaḥ”-ityetad yamīviṣayaṃ sabodhanam | āhanyata iva hi sa yamastayā'nena durvacanena | tasmāt saiva sambodhyate āhanaḥ ! iti “etasmāt” eva kāraṇāt “āhanaḥ syāt” yo'yam upadeśaḥ striyai, asāvapi hi yasya sannidhau saṅkīrtyate, sa āhanyata iva asabhyatvāt tasya || “ayajñiyo vai puruṣo'medhya āhanaḥ syājjāyata iti vijñāyate” |