Yāska's Nirukta 244.2

244.2

“kaḥ ( 14 )”-iti vaktavyam | sa punareṣa mahānātmā, sarvātmā prāṇabuddhisatatvaḥ | udāhariṣyati ca “athainaṃ mahāntamātmānam”-ityadhikṛtya-“ka īṣate tujyat ( ṛ0 saṃ0 1, 6, 8, 2 )”-iti | sa kathaṃ madhyamo bhavati ? bhavati hi tasmin sūkte “āpo̍ ha̱ yad bṛ̍ha̱tīrviśva̱māya̱n garbha̱ṃ dadhā̍nāḥ ( ṛ0 saṃ 8, 7, 4, 2 )”-iti | vijñāyate ca “prajāpatirvai kaḥ”-iti, prajāpatiśca madhyamaḥ | tathā ca maṃtravarṇo bhavati rājño'bhiṣekamadhikṛtyāśvamedhe-“prajāpa̍tiścarati̱ garbhe̍ a̱ntaḥ”-iti saptānāṃ prathamā, tayopaviṣṭadabhiṣekasya juhuyāditi | tasmād bhavati madhyamaḥ || sa kasmāt “kaḥ” ? “kamanaḥ vā” kāmināṃ kāmyeṣvartheṣu sādhanam| “kramaṇo vā” kramaṇasādhanam, svayameva vā krāmati | “sukhaḥ vā” kāmameva vā, kaḥ sukha ityarthaḥ |
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“tasya eṣā bhavati”-||