Yāska's Nirukta 77.2

77.2

“vāhiṣṭhaḥ ( 2 )” ityetadanavagatam | “voḍhṛtamaḥ”-ityavagamaḥ || “vāhiṣṭho vāṃ havānāṃ stomo dūto huvannarā | yuvābhyāṃ bhūtvaśvinā || ( ṛ0 saṃ0 6, 2, 29, 1)”-iti || gāyatrī | viśrśamanaso vaiyaśvasyeyamārṣam, piturvā vyaśvasya | prātaranuvākāśrvinayoḥ śasyate | 'narā' he narau ! sarveṣāmeva voḍhṝṇāṃ stomānām, āhvātṝṇāñca | ya eṣa eṣaḥ “vāhiṣṭhaḥ” atiśayena voḍhā, āhvātṛtamaḥ, ayameva “dūtaḥ” iva yuvāṃ “huvat” āhvayādityarthaḥ | yo'yamevalakṣaṇaḥ “stomaḥ” asmatpreritaḥ, sa nityakālameva ‘yuvābhyāṃ’ ‘bhūtu’ bhavatvityarthaḥ | he ‘aśvinā’ aśvinau ! iti sambodhanam | stomo dūtaḥ- ityetābhyāṃ samānavibhaktyantatvāt vāhiṣṭhaśabdaḥ stomaviśeṣaṇamityupapadyate || nigamaprasaktamucyate, “manuṣyāḥ” api hi “narāḥ” ucyante, te hi “nṛtyanti” gātrāṇi punaḥpunaḥ prakṣipanti “karmasu” upasthiteṣu tānyanutiṣṭhamānāḥ || “dūto ( 3 ) javatervā” gatyarthasya | sa hi gacchati | “dravatervā” gatyarthasyaiva | “vārayatervā” sa hi vārayatyanarthān |
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