[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) › 13.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 13.3 Nirukta 13.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.3) \`\`yad udañco vṛsākape gṛham indrājagantana/ kvasya pulvagho mṛgaḥ kam agañjanayopano viśvasmād indra uttarah/''. \`\`yad udañco vṛkākapi8.gṛham indra ājagamatah,.kva asya pulvagho mṛgah,.kva sa bahvādī mṛgah/ mṛgo mārṣter gati karmaṇah/ kam agamad deśam jana yopanah/ sarvasmād ya indra uttaras tam etad brūma ādityam/ atha eṣā āditya raśmīnām/ > "Since heading north, O Vṛṣākapi, you came to the house, O Indra, > where is his noxious beast? To what \[place\] has the bewilderer of people gone? Superior to all is Indra." > "Since heading north, O Vṛṣākapi, you came to the house, O Indra; where is his noxious beast? Where is that beast that devours much?" > \*Mṛga\* \[beast\] is from the root \*mṛj\* \[to wipe/cleanse\], meaning going. > To what region has the bewilderer of people gone? > He who is Indra, superior to all—him we declare to be Āditya. > Now this \[verse\] is of Āditya's rays: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.2) - [Next: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.4) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska~en-mt-r.13.3) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (3) - [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.8.3) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Saṃvādasūkta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.sukta.jnanasamvada.samvadasukta.8.22) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.127) — Kane 1930, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2731) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893.c11.100) — Tilak 1893, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.3) · Pramāṇa