[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) › 3.16 # Yāska's Nirukta 3.16 Nirukta 3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.16) \`\`caturaścid dadamānād bibhīyād ā nidhātoh/ na durktāya spṛhayet/''\[302\] caturo akṣān dhārayata iti tad yathā kitavād bibhīyād evam eva durktād bibhīyāt na duruktāya spṛhayet kadācit/\[303\] ā ity ākāra upasargaḥ purastād eva vyākhyātas/\[303\] atha apy upamā arthe dṛśyate/\[303\] \`\`jāra ā bhagam/''.jāra iva bhagam ādityo atra jāra ucyate rātrer jarayitā sa eva bhāṣām/\[303\] tathā api nigamo bhavati.''.svasṛ6.jāraḥ śṛṇotu nah/''.iti/\[303\] usasam asya svasāram āha sāhacaryād rasa rahanād vā/\[303\] api tv ayam manuṣya jāra eva abhipretaḥ syāt strī bhagas tathā syād bhajateh/\[303\] mesa iti bhūta upamā/''.meso bhūto abhi yan nayah/''.\[303\] meso misates tathā paśuḥ paśyateh/\[303\] agnir iti rūpa upamā/\[303\] \`\`hiranya rūpaḥ sa hiranya saṃdṛk apām napāt sedu hiranya varṇah/''..\[303\] hiranya varṇasya iva asya rūpam/\[303\] thā iti ca/''.tam pratnathā pūrvathā viśvathā imathā/''.\[303\] pratna iva pūrva iva viśva iva ima iva iti/\[304\] ayam etataras amusmād,.asāv astataro asmād,.amuthā yathā asāv iti vyākhyātam/\[304\] vad iti siddhā upamā brāhmaṇavad vṛsalavat,.brāhmaṇā iva vṛsalā iva iti/\[304\] vṛsalo vṛsa śīlo bhavati vṛsā śīlo vā/\[304\] - [Previous: 3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.15) - [Next: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.17) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.43.6) — 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.38.4) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.1004) — Kane 1930, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t1.8) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3128) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.320) — Sharma 1958, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.16) · Pramāṇa