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# Yāska's Nirukta 4.24

Nirukta 4.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.4.24)

\`\`uta smainam vastramathi na tāyum anu krośanti kṣitayo bhareṣu/  
nīcāyamānam jasurim na śyenam śravaścācchā paśum acca yūtham/''.  
api sma enam vastra mathim iva vastra māthinam/  
vastram vastes tāyur iti stena nāma saṃstyānam asmin pāpakam iti nairuktās tasyater vā syāt/  
anukrośanti kṣitayaḥ saṃgrāmeṣu/  
bhara iti saṃgrāma nāma bharater vā harater vā/  
nīcāyamānam nīcair ayamānam/  
nīcair nicitam bhavaty uccair uccitam bhavati/  
jastam iva śyenam/  
śyenaḥ śaṃsanīyam gacchati/  
śravaścācchā paśumat ca yūtham/  
śravaś ca api paśumat ca yūtham/  
praśaṃsāṃś ca yūthaṃś ca dhanaṃś ca yūthaṃś ca iti vā/  
yūtham yauteḥ samāyutam bhavati/  
\`\`indhāna enam jarate svādhīh/''.  
gṛṇāti/  
mandī mandateḥ stuti karmaṇah/  
\`\`pra mandine pitumad arcatā vacah/''.  
prārcata mandine pitumad vacas2/  
gaur vyākhyātah/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.72.51) — 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.65.3) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2267) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.oldenberg-1888.c9.49) — Oldenberg 1888, German

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