[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) › [Yāska's Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska) › 1.8 # Yāska's Nirukta 1.8 Nirukta 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.8) \`\`.ṛcām tvaḥ poṣam āste pupuṣvān gāyatram tvo gāyati śakvarīṣu.''.(ṛV.X,71,11) \`\`.brahmā tvo vadati jāta vidyām yajñasya mātrām vi mimīta u tvaḥ.''.(ṛV.X,71,11) ity ṛtvik karmaṇām viniyogam ācaṣṭe ṛcām ekaḥ poṣam āste pupuṣvān hotā ṛg arcanī gāyatram eko gāyati śakvarīṣu udgātā gāyatram gāyateḥ stuti karmaṇaḥ śakvarya ṛcaḥ śaknoteḥ \`\`.tad yad ābhir vṛtram aśakad hantum tac śakvarīṇām śakvarītvam.''.(KB.23,2;.AB.5,7,3).iti vijñāyate brahmā eko jāte jāte vidyām vadati brahmā sarvavidyaḥ sarvam veditum arhati brahmā parivṛḷhaḥ.(parivṛḍhaḥ.Bh).śrutato brahma parivṛḷham.(parivṛḍham.Bh).sarvataḥ yajñasya mātrām vimimīta ekaḥ adhvaryur adhvaryur adhvarayur adhvaram yunakty adhvarasya netā adhvaram kāmayata iti vā api vā adhīyāne yur upabandhas adhvara iti yajña nāma dhvaratir hiṃsā karmā tat pratiṣedhaḥ nipāta ity eke tat katham anudātta prakṛti nāma syād dṛṣṭa vyayam tu bhavati \`\`.uta tvam sakhye sthira pītam āhuḥ.''.(ṛV.X,71,5).iti dvitīyāyām \`\`.uto tv asmai tanvam vi sasre.''.(ṛV.X,71,4).iti caturthyām atha api prathamā bahuvacane - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.6.5) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.6.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c8.s1.133) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.813) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2781) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c8.16) — Mookerji 1947, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.8) · Pramāṇa