[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) › 13.7 # Yāska's Nirukta 13.7 Nirukta 13.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.7) \`\`catvāri śṛṇgā trayo asya pādā dve śīrṣe sapta hastāso asya/ tridhā baddho vṛsabho roravīti maho devo martyān ā viveśa/''. catvāri śṛṇgā iti vedā vā eta uktāh/ trayas asya pādā iti savanāni trīni/ dve śīrṣa1d prāyanīya udayanīya1d/ sapta hastāsaḥ sapta chandas1p/ tridhā baddhas tredhā baddho mantra brāhmaṇa kalpair vṛsabhas roravīti/ roravanam asya sanava kramena ṛc bhir yajus bhiḥ sāmabhir yad enam ṛc bhaiḥ śaṃsanti yajus bhir yajanti sāmabhiḥ stuvanti./ maho deva ity eṣa hi mahān devo yajñajño martyām āviveśa iti/ esa hi manuṣyān āviśati yajanāya/ tasya uttarā bhūyase nirvacanāya/ > "Four are his horns, three his feet, two his heads, seven his hands; > bound in threefold manner, the bull roars loudly; the great god has entered mortals." > "Four are his horns": these are said to be the Vedas. > "Three his feet": the three pressings. > "Two his heads": the opening and concluding libations. > "Seven his hands": the seven metres. > "Bound in threefold manner": bound in three ways by the mantras, Brāhmaṇas, and manual rules, the bull roars loudly. > His roaring is sequentially by the Ṛcs, the Yajuses, and the Sāmans, because they recite over him with Ṛcs, sacrifice with Yajuses, and praise with Sāmans. > "The great god": for this great god, knowing the sacrifice, has entered mortals. > For he enters men for the sake of sacrifice. > There is a subsequent \[verse\] of his for further etymology: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.6) - [Next: 13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.8) - [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.13.7) — 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 ## Discussed in (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.341) — Kane 1930, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3621) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c6.2) — Kane 1951, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.13.7) · Pramāṇa