Yāska's Nirukta 13.2
Nirukta 13.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
13.2
``yad dyāva indra te śatam śatam bhūmīr uta syuh/
na tvā vajrin sahasram sūryā anu na jātam asta rodasī/''.
yadi ta indra śatam divaḥ śatam bhūmayaḥ pratimānāni syur na tvā vajrin sahasram api sūryā na dyāvā pṛthivī āv apy abhyaśnuvītām iti/
atha eṣā ādityasya/
"If, O Indra, a hundred heavens and a hundred earths were yours,
neither a thousand suns, O wielder of the thunderbolt, nor both heaven and earth would equal you when born."
If there were a hundred heavens, a hundred earths as counterparts for you, O Indra, neither a thousand suns nor both heaven and earth would match you, O wielder of the thunderbolt.
Now this [verse] is of Āditya:
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (4)
- Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- Niruktavṛtti — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- Niruktaṭīkā — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- Niruktavivaraṇa — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Classical Sanskrit Literature — M. Krishnamachariar, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Ṛjvarthā — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit