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# Yāska's Nirukta 5.2

Nirukta 5.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.5.2)

\`\`asaścantī bhūridhāre payasvatī/''.  
asajyamāne iti vā avyudasyantyāv iti vā bahu dhāra1d udakavatyau/  
vanusyatir hanti karmā anavagata saṃskāro bhavati/  
\`\`vanuyāma vanusyata''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
\`\`dīrghaprayajyumati yo vanusyati vayam jayema pṛtanāsu dūdhyah/''  
dīrgha pratata yajñam abhijighāṃsati yo vayam tam jayema pṛtanāsu dūdhyam durdhiyam pāpa dhiyam/  
pāpaḥ pāta peyānām pāpatyamāno avān eva patati iti vā pāpatyater vā syāt/  
tarusyatir apy evam karmā/  
\`\`indrena yujā tarusema vṛtram''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
bhandanā bhandateḥ stuti karmaṇah/  
\`\`purupriyo bhandate dhāmabhiḥ kavir2.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
\`\`sa bhandanā udiyarti prajāvatīr''.iti ca/  
\`\`anyena madāhano yāhi tūyam''.  
anyena mada hano gaccha kṣipram āhaṃsi iva bhāṣamānā ity asabhya bhāṣanād āhanā iva bhavaty etasmād āhanaḥ syāt/  
ṛṣir nado bhavati nadateḥ stuti karmaṇah/  
\`\`nadasya mā rudhataḥ kāma ā gan/''.  
nadanasya mā rudhataḥ kāma āgamat saṃruddha prajananasya brahmacārina ity ṛṣi putrī ā vilapitam vedayante/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.79.1) — 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.69.5) — 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.v7.c93.184) — Kane 1930, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.264) — 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.v5.c51.23) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7491) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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