[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) › 4.19 # Yāska's Nirukta 4.19 Nirukta 4.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.19) \`\`devā no yathā sadam it vṛdhe asanna prāyuvas rakṣitāro divedive/''.\[405\] devā no yathā sadā vardhanāya syur aprāyuvo apramādyanto rakṣitāraś ca ahany ahani/\[405\] cyavana ṛṣir bhavati cyāvayitā stomānāṃś cyavānam ity apy asya nigamā bhavanti/\[405\] \`\`yuvaṃś cyavānam sanayam yathā ratham punar yuvānaṃś carathāya takṣathur/''.\[406\] yuvāṃś cyavanam sanayam purānam yathā ratham punar yuvānaṃś caranāya tatakṣathur yuvā prayauti karmāṇi/\[406\] takṣatiḥ karoti karmā/\[406\] rajas rajater jyotiṣ rajas ucyata udakam rajas ucyate lokā rajāṃsy ucyante asṛk ahanī rajasī ucyete/\[406\] \`\`rajāṃsi citrā vicaranti tanyavah/''.ity api nigamag bhavati/\[406\] haro harater jyotiṣ hara ucyate/\[406\] udakam hara ucyate/\[406\] lokā harāṃsy ucyante/\[406\] asṛk ahanī harasī ucyete/\[406\] \`\`praty agni8.harasā haraḥ śṛṇīhi/''.ity api nigamo bhavati/\[406\] \`\`juhure vicitayantah/''.juhvire vicetayamānāh/\[406\] vyanta ity eṣo aneka karmā/\[406\] \`\`padam devasya namasā vyantah/''.iti paśyati karmā/\[406\] \`\`vīhi śūra puroḷāśam/ 2.iti khādati karmā/\[406\] \`\`vītam pātam payasa usriyāyāh/''.\[407\] aśnītam pibatam payasa usriyāyāh/\[407\] usriyā iti go nāma utsrāvino asyām bhogā usrā iti ca/\[407\] \`\`tvām indra matibhiḥ sute sunīthāso vasūyavah/ gobhiḥ krānā anūsata/'' gobhiḥ kurvānā astosata/\[407\] \`\`ā tū siñca harimīm drorupasthe vāśībhis takṣata aśmanmayībhih/''.āsiñca harim dror upasthe drumamayasya/\[407\] hariḥ somo harita varṇo ayam api itaro harir etasmād eva/\[407\] vāśībhis takṣata aśmanmayībhih/\[407\] vāśībhir asmamayībhir iti vā vāc bhir iti vā/\[407\] \`\`sa śardhadaryo visunasya jantor mā śiśna devā api gurṛtam nah/''..\[407\] sa utsahatām yo visunasya jantor visamasya mā śiśna devā abrahmacaryāh/\[407\] śiśnam śnathateh/\[407\] apigur ṛtam nah/ satyam vā yajñam vā/\[407\] - [Previous: 4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.18) - [Next: 4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.20) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.67.1) — 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 (1) - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.61.9) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (5) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c37.6) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.189) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [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.v4.c27.s3.46) — Muir 1858, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.701) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Development of Hindu Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.banerjea-1941.c9.41) — Banerjea 1941, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.19) · Pramāṇa