[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) › 4.16 # Yāska's Nirukta 4.16 Nirukta 4.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.16) \`\`upo adarśi śundhyuvo na vakṣo nodhas iva āvirakṛta priyāni/ admasat na satato bodhayantī śaśvat tam āgāt punar eyusīnām/''.\[386\] upādarśi śundhyuvaḥ śundhyur ādityo bhavati śodhanāt tasya eva vakṣo bhāṣo abhyūdham/\[386\] idam api itarad vakṣas etasmād eva adhyūdham kāye/\[386\] śakunir api śundhyur ucyate śodhanād eva udaka caro bhavaty āpo api śundhyuva ucyante śodhanād eva/\[386-387\] nodhas ṛṣir bhavati navanam dadhāti sa yathā stuti ā kāmān āviskuruta evam usas rūpāny āviskurute/\[387\] admasad adma annam bhavaty admasādinī iti vā annasāninī iti vā/\[387\] sasato bodhayantī śaśvat tam āgāt punar eyusīnām/ svapato bodhayantī śāśvati katam āgāt punar āgaminīnām/\[387\] \`\`te vāsīmanta isminah/''.īsanina iti vā eṣanina iti vā ārṣina iti vā/\[387\] vāsīti vāc nāma vāśyata iti satyāh/\[387\] \`\`śaṃśāva adharyu8.prati me gṛṇīhi indrāya vāhaḥ kṛṇavāva justam/''.\[387\] abhivahana stutim abhisavana pravādām stutim manyanta aindrī tv eva śasyate/\[387\] paritkamya ity upariṣṭād vyākhyāsyāmah/\[387\] - [Previous: 4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.15) - [Next: 4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.17) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.62.24) — 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.56.3) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [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.c45.12) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.551) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.16) · Pramāṇa