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# Yāska's Nirukta 3.12

Nirukta 3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.12)

\`\`yatrā suparṇā amṛtasya bhāgam animesam vidathā abhisvaranti/  
ino viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ sa mā dhīraḥ pākam atra ā viveśa/''.\[287\]  
yatra suparṇāḥ supatanā āditya raśmayaḥ amṛtasya bhāgam udakasya animisantas vedanena abhisvaranti iti vā abhiprayanti iti vā/\[287\]  
īśvaraḥ sarvesām bhūtānām gopāyitā ādityaḥ sa mā dhīraḥ pākam atra āviveśa iti dhīro dhīmān pākaḥ paktavyo bhavati vipakva prajña āditya ity upanisad varṇo bhavati ity adhidaivatam/\[287\]  
atha adhyātmam yatra suparṇāḥ supatanāni indriyāny amṛtasya bhāgam jñānasya animisanto vedanena abhisvaranti iti vā abhiprayanti iti vā/\[287\]  
īśvaraḥ sarvesām indriyānām gopāyitā/\[287\]  
ātmā sa mā dhīraḥ pākam atra āviveśa iti dhīro dhīmān pākaḥ paktavyas bhavati vipakvaprajña ātmā ity ātma gatim ācaṣṭe/\[287\]

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.41.8) — 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 (3)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.97) — Kane 1930, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.656) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951.c6.1) — Kane 1951, English

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