[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) › 13.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 13.4 Nirukta 13.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.4) \`\`vi hi sotor asṛkṣata nendram devam amaṃsata/ yatrāmadad vṛsākapir aryaḥ pusteṣu matsakhā viśvasmād indra uttarah/''. vyasṛkṣata hi prasavāya/ na ca indram devam amaṃsata/ yatra amādyad vṛsākapir arya īśvaraḥ pusteṣu posesu,.matsakhā mama sakhā madana sakhā/ ye naḥ sakhāyas taiḥ saha iti vā/ sarvasmād ya indra uttaras tam etad brūma ādityam/ atha eṣā aśvinoh/ > "For they have left off pressing, nor did they revere Indra as a god, > where Vṛṣākapi, the lord, rejoiced in his nourishments, my friend; superior to all is Indra." > For they have ceased from pressing. > Nor did they revere Indra as a god, > where Vṛṣākapi rejoiced, the lord, the master, in nourishments, in fosterings; \*matsakhā\*: my friend, the gladdening friend; > or with those who are our friends. > He who is Indra, superior to all—him we declare to be Āditya. > Now this \[verse\] is of the Aśvins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.3) - [Next: 13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.5) - [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.13.4) — 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 (1) - [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.8.4) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7012) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893.c11.61) — Tilak 1893, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.4) · Pramāṇa