[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) › 2.6 # Yāska's Nirukta 2.6 Nirukta 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.6) \`\`vṛkṣevṛkṣe niyatā amīmayad gaus tato vayas prapatān puruṣādah/''.(2,6) vṛkṣe vṛkṣe dhanusi dhanusi/(2,6) vṛkṣo vraścanād vṛtvā kṣām tiṣṭhati iti vā/(2,6) kṣā kṣiyater nivāsa karmaṇah/(2,6).\[182\] niyatā amīmayad gauḥ śabdam karoti/(2,6) mīmayatiḥ śabda karmā/(2,6) tato vayas prapatanti puruṣān adanāya/(2,6) vir iti śakuni nāma veter gati karmaṇah/(2,6) atha api isu nāma iha bhavaty etasmād eva/(2,6).\[182\] ādityo api gaur ucyate/(2,6) \`\`uta adaḥ paruse go7/''.(2,6) parvavati bhāṣvati ity aupamanyavah/(2,6).\[182\] atha apy asya ekas raśmiś candramasam prati dīpyate/(2,6) tad etena upekṣitavyam,.ādityato asya dīptir bhavati iti/(2,6).\[182\] \`\`susumnaḥ sūrya raśmiś candramā gandharva''.ity api nigamo bhavati/(2,6) sa api gaur ucyate/(2,6) atra āha gor amanvata iti tad upariṣṭād vyākhyāsyāmah/(2,6) sarve api raśmayo gāva ucyante/2,6/\[182\] - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.19.1.1) — 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 ## Discussed in (4) - [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.v5.c44.36) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.832) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.533) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s1.t4.2) — Macdonell 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.2.6) · Pramāṇa