[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) › 7.13 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.13 Nirukta 7.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.13) jagatī gatatamaṃś chandas,.jala cara gatir vā.''.jalgalyamāno asṛjat''.iti ca brāhmaṇam/\[785\] virāt virājanād vā virādhanād vā viprāpanād vā/\[785\] virājanāt sampūrṇa akṣarā,.virādhanād ūna akṣarā,.viprāpanād adhika akṣarā/\[785\] pipīlika madhyā ity aupamikam/ pipīlikā pelater gati karmaṇah/\[785\] iti imā devatā anukrāntāh/\[786\] sūkta bhājo havis bhāja rc bhājaś ca bhūyisthāh,.kāścit nipāta bhājah/\[786\].\[ṛcaḥ sūryāya gīyanta udveti ity ardha pañcamāḥ..ḍ.787,..Cf..Bḍ.6,5\]. \[nipāto hi dvividhah/ devatā antaraiḥ saha sādhāranyena upastutau naighaṇṭukatvena ca/ tatra sādhārana upastutau tad yathā.''.vidhātā dhātā vyākhyātah/ tasya eṣa nipātas bhavati bahu devatāyām ṛci/ somasya rājñah''.iti/ asyām soma prabhṛtibhiḥ saha vidhātā stūyate sādhāranyena/ naighaṇṭukatvena punaḥ tadyathā.''.pṛthivī vyākhyātā/ tasyā eṣa nipāto bhavaty aindrāgnyām ṛci/ yad indrāgnī paramasyām pṛthivyām''.iti/ tābhyām indra agnibhyām saha sādhāranyena pṛthivī na stūyate,.kim tarhi/ lakṣaṇatvena indra agni or eva upādīyate..ḍ.788,..Cf..ṇir.11,11-12,12,30-31,.\]. \[atha ayam aparo nipāta prakāra upekṣyah,.tadyathā atyanta naighaṇṭukam devatā ahidhānam anatyanta naighaṇṭukaṃś ca..ḍ.788\] atha uta abhidhānaih\[witḥ their characteristic appellations\].samyujya havis codayati indrāya vṛtraghna indrāya vṛtra tura indrāya aṃhas muca iti/\[786\] tāny apy eke samāmananti,.bhūyāṃsi tu samāmnānād,.yat tu saṃvijñāna\[conventional epithet\].bhūtam syāt prādhānya stuti tat samāmane/\[786\] atha uta karmabhir ṛṣir devatāḥ stauti vṛtrahā purandara iti/\[786\] tāny apy eke samāmananti,.bhūyāṃsi tu samāmnānād,.vyañjana mātram tu tat tasya abhidhānasya bhavati,.yathā brāhmaṇāya bubhukṣitāya odanam dehi,.snātāya anulepanam,.pipāsate pānīyam iti/\[786\] - [Previous: 7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.12) - [Next: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.14) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.179.1) — 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.154.14) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s14.17) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.970) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.13) · Pramāṇa