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# Yāska's Nirukta 10.3

Nirukta 10.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.10.3)

\`\`āsasrānāsaḥ śavasānam accha indram sucakre rathyāso aśvāh/  
abhi śrava ṛjyanto vaheyur nū cin nu vāyor amṛtam vi dasyet/''.  
āsasṛvāṃsas abhibalāyamānam indram kalyāṇa cakre rathe yogāya rathyā aśvā rathasya vodhāp,.ṛjyanta ṛju gāminas annam abhivaheyur navaṃś ca purānaṃś ca/  
śrava ity anna nāma,.śrūyata iti satah/  
vāyoś ca asya bhakṣo yathā na vidasyed iti/  
indra pradhānā ity eke,.naighaṇṭukam vāyu karma/  
ubhaya pradhānā ity aparam/  
varuṇo vṛṇoti iti satah/  
tasya eṣā bhavati/  
\[ṣk pt.4,p.4:.varuṇah/  
antarikṣe udakasya āvaranād vāyur eva.\]

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.212.2-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit

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