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# Yāska's Nirukta 6.4

Nirukta 6.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.6.4)

\`\`ājāsaḥ ṣūṣaṇam rathe niśṛmbhās te jana śriyam/  
devam vahantu bibhratah/(ṛV.6,55,6)''  
āvahantv ajāḥ pūṣaṇam rathe niśrathya hāriṇas te jana śriyam jāta śriyam/  
bṛbaduktho mahaduktho vaktavyam asmā uktham iti bṛbaduktho vā/  
\`\`bṛbaduktham havāmahe''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
ṛdūdaraḥ somo mṛdūdaro mṛdur udareṣv iti vā/  
\`\`ṛdūdareṇa sakhyā saceya''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
ṛdūpe ity upariṣṭād vyākhyāsyāmah/  
pulukāmaḥ purukāmah/  
\`\`pulukāmo hi martyah''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
asinvatī asaṅkhād antyau/  
\`\`asinvatī bapsatī bhūryattah''  
ity api nigamo bhavanti/  
kapanāḥ kampanāḥ krimayo bhavanti/  
\`\`moṣathā vṛkṣam kapaneva vedhash''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
bhāṛjīkaḥ prasiddhabhāh/  
\`\`dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīkah''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
rūjānā nadyo bhavanti rujanti kūlāni/  
\`\`sam sujānāḥ pipiṣa indraśatruh''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
jūrṇir javater vā dravater vā dūnoter vā/  
\`\`kṣiptā jūrṇir na vakṣati''  
ity api nigamo bhavati/  
\`\`pari ghraṃsamomanā vām vayo gāt/''  
paryagād vām ghraṃsamaharavanāyānnam/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, 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.101.10-2) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.88) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.932) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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