[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) › 6.2 # Yāska's Nirukta 6.2 Nirukta 6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.2) \`\`alātṛṇo vala indra vrajo goḥ purā hantor bhayamāno vyāra/ sugān patho akṛṇon niraje gāḥ prāvanvāṇīḥ puruhūtam dhamantīh/(ṛV.3,30,10)'' alātṛṇo alam ātardano megho valo vṛṇoter vrajo vrajaty antarikṣe gor etasyā mādhyamikāyā vācaḥ purā hananād bhayamāno vyāra/ sugān patho akṛṇon niraje gāh/ sugamanān patho akaron nirgamanāya gavām/ prāvanvāṇīḥ puruhūtam dhamantīh/ āpo vā vahanād vāco vā vadanād/ bahubhir āhūtam udakam bhavati dhamatir gati karmā/ - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.1) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6) ## Commentaries (4) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.116.1) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit - [Niruktavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durgacarya.116.1) — 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 (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5227) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.99.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.2) · Pramāṇa