Yāska's Nirukta 13.1: Pariśiṣṭa
Nirukta 13.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
13.1
atha imā atistuti1p ity ācakṣate/
api vā sampratyaya eva syāt māhābhāgyād devatāyāh/
sas agnim eva pratham āha/
``tvam agne dyubhis tvam āśuśukṣanih''.iti yathā etasmin sūkte/''.na hi tvadāre nimisaś caneśe''.iti varuṇasya/
atha eṣā indrasya/
Now, these they call exaggerated praises.
Or rather, there may be actual comprehension [of reality], owing to the pre-eminent majesty of the deity.
He mentions Agni first:
"You, O Agni, with days; you, gleaming brightly...", as in this hymn. "For far from you not even a blinking [of the eye] is controlled..." is of Varuṇa.
Now this [verse] is of Indra:
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Niruktaṭīkā — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- Niruktavṛtti — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- Niruktavivaraṇa — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Ṛjvarthā — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- Elements of Hindu Iconography — T. A. Gopinatha Rao, English
- The Development of Hindu Iconography — Jitendra Nath Banerjea, English