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# Yāska's Nirukta 2.26

Nirukta 2.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.26)

\`\`indro asmān aradad vajra bāhur apāhan vṛtram paridhim nadīnām/  
devo anayat savitā supānis tasya vayam prasave yāma ūrvīh/''  
indro asmān aradad vajra bāhur,.radatiḥ khanati karmā/  
apāhan vṛtram paridhim nadīnām iti vyākhyātam/  
devo anayat savitā supāniḥ kalyāṇa pānih/  
pāniḥ panāyateḥ pūjā karmaṇah,.pragṛhya pānī devān pūjayanti/  
tasya vayam prasave yāma urvīh/  
urvī aḥ ūrṇoter vṛṇoter ity aurṇavābhah/  
pratyākhyāya antata āśuśruvuh/

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## Commentaries (4)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.29.1) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.29.1) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.132) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c9.s7.9) — John Muir, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.696) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Saṃvādasūkta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.kamya.samvadasukta.4.6) — Sanskrit

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