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# Yāska's Nirukta 2.4

Nirukta 2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.4)

\`\`vidyā ha vai brāhmaṇam ājagāma gopāya mā śevadhi śevadhis te aham asmi/  
\`\`asūyakāya anṛja veyatāya na mām brūyā vīryavatī tathā syām/  
\`\`ya ātṛṇatty avitathena karṇāv aduhkham kurvann amṛtam samprayacchan/  
\`\`tam manyeta pitāram mātāraṃś ca tasmai na druhet katamat cana aham/  
\`\`adhyāpitā ye gurum na ādriyante viprā vācā manasā karmaṇā vā/  
\`\`yathā evā te na guror bhojanīyās tathā eva tān na bhunakti śrutam tat/  
\`\`yam eva vidyāḥ śucim apramattam medhāvinam brahmacarya upapannam/  
\`\`yas te na druhhet katamat cana aham tasmai mā brūyā nidhipāya brahman iti/  
nidhiḥ śevadhir iti/

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## Commentaries (4)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.18.1) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.18.1) — 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.v1.c6.s10.3) — P. V. Kane, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.651) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.17.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit
- [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c4.8) — A. S. Altekar, English

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