[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) › 7.23 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.23 Nirukta 7.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.23) \`\`pra nū mahitvam vṛsabhasya vocam yam pūravo vṛtrahanam sacante/ vaiśvānaro dasyum agnir jaghanvān adhūnot kāsthā ava śambaram bhet/''.\[809\] prabravīmi tan mahattvam māhābhāgyam vṛsabhasya varṣitṛ6.apām/(7,22) yam pūru1p pūrayitavyā manuṣyā vṛtrahanam meghahanam sacante sevante varṣa kāmāh/\[809\] dasyur dasyateḥ kṣaya arthād upadasyanty asmin rasāh,.upadāsayati karmāṇi/\[809\] tam agnir vaiśvānaro aghnann,.avādhūnod apaḥ kāsthā,.abhinat śambaram megham/\[809\] atha asāv āditya iti pūrve yājñikāh/\[809\] eṣām lokānām rohena savanānām roha āmnātas/ rohāt pratyavarohaś cikīrṣitas/ tām anukṛtim.\[cikīrṣan\].hotā āgnimārute śastre vaiśvānarīyena sūktena pratipadyate\[prārabhate\]/\[809\] so api na stotriyam ādriyeta,.āgneyas hi bhavati/.\[$\] tata āgacchati madhyama sthānā devatāḥ rudraṃś ca marutaś ca/ tato agnim iha sthānam atra eva stotriyam śaṃsati/\[809\] atha api vaiśvānarīyas dvādaśa kapālas bhavaty etasya hi dvādaśa vidham karma/\[809\] \`\`asau vā ādityo agnir vaiśvānarah''.iti/\[810\] atha api nivit saurya vaiśvānarī bhavati.''.ā yo dyām bhātyā pṛthivīm''.iti/\[810\] esa hi dyāvā pṛthivī āv ābhāsayati/\[810\] atha api chāndomikam sūktam saurya vaiśvānaram bhavati.''.divi pṛṣṭho arocata''.iti/ esa hi divi pṛṣṭho arocata iti/\[810\] atha api havis pāntīyam sūktam saurya vaiśvānaram bhavati/\[810\] ayam eva agnir vaiśvānara iti śākapūnir/ viśvānarāv ity apy ete uttare jyotiṣī/ vaiśvānaro ayam\[agniḥ ṭ\].yat tābhyām jāyate/\[810\] katham tv ayam etābhyām jāyata iti/\[810\] yatra vaidyutaḥ śaranam abhihanti,.yāvad anupāttas bhavati madhyama dharma eva tāvad bhavaty udaka indhanaḥ śarīra upaśamanah($)/\[810\] upādīyamāna eva ayam\[agniḥ ṭ\].sampadyata udaka upaśamanaḥ śarīra dīptih/\[810\] atha ādityād udīci prathama samāvṛtta āditye,.kaṃsam\[copper\].vā manim\[cristal\].vā parimṛjya pratisvare\[a focus\].yatra śuska gomayam asaṃsparśayan dhārayati tat pradīpyate,.so ayam eva sampadyate/\[810-811\] atha apy āha/''.vaiśvānaro yatate sūryena iti/''.\[811: na ca punar ātmanā ātmā samyatate/ anyena eva anyaḥ samyatata/ iti imam\[agnim ṭ\].ādadhāty\[kindles\].amuto amusya raśmayaḥ prādurbhavanti/ ito asya arcisas tayor bhāṣoḥ saṃsaṅgam dṛṣṭvā evam avakṣyat/\[811\] atha yāny etāny auttamikāni\[uttama sthāna devatā viśeṣa stuti arthāni\].sūktāni bhāgāni vā sāvitrāni vā sauryāni vā pausnāni vā vaisnavāni vā.\[vaiśvadevyāni vā\].teṣu vaiśvānarīyāḥ pravādā\[expression\].abhaviṣyann/ āditya karmaṇā ca enam astausyann ity,.udesi ity,.astam esi iti,.viparyesi iti/\[811\] āgneyeṣv eva hi sūkteṣv vaiśvānarīyāḥ pravādā bhavanty/ agni karmaṇā ca enam\[vaiśvānaram ṭ\].stāuti iti,.vahasi iti,.pacasi iti,.dahati iti/\[811\] yatho etad varṣa karmaṇā hy enam stauti ity asminn apy etad upapadyate/\[811\] \`\`samānam etad udakam uccaity ava cāhabhih/ bhumim parjanyā jinvanti divam jinvanty agnayah/''. iti sā nigada vyākhyā/ - 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[A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3745) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c18.s2.22) — Keith 1925, English - [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c43.s3.t7.11) — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English - [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.s3.t2.43) — Macdonell 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.23) · Pramāṇa