[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) › 97.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 97.2 Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) 97.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.97.2) "vājapastyam (49)"-ityetadanavagatam | "vājapatanam"-ityavagamaḥ ||\] "taṃ sa̍khāyaḥ purorucaṃ yūyaṃ va̱yaṃ ca̍ sūraya̍ḥ | a̱śyāma̱ vāja̍gandhyaṃ sa̱nema̱ vāja̍pastyam || ( ṛ0 saṃ0 7, 4, 24, 6 )"-iti | pāvamānī saumī | ambarīṣaśca ṛjiśvrā ca sūktaṃ dadṛśatuḥ, tatraiṣā | 'tam' enaṃ somaṃ he 'sakhāyaḥ !' ṛtvijaḥ ! 'purorucam' agrato dīptam, 'yūyaṃ vayaṃ ca' sampṛktāḥ santaḥ, he 'sūrayaḥ !' medhāvinaḥ ! 'aśyāma' vyāpnuyāma vayam 'vājagandhyam' prativiśiṣṭānna samānagandham, athavā-vājagrahītāram, athavā-vājasammiśrayitāram | kiñca, "sanema" sambhajemahi "vājapastyam" vājamannam, etadasmākamiti manyamānāḥ santo yaṃ somamabhimukhyena devāḥ patanti gacchanti, sa vājapastyaḥ somaḥ, taṃ nityakālameva vayaṃ bhajemahi || evamatra śabdasārūpyādarthopapatteśca "vājapastya"-śabdena soma uktaḥ | 5 | 15 | - [Previous: 96.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.96.1) - [Next: 97.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.97.3) - [Up: 97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.97) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.14) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.97.2) · Pramāṇa