[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) › 7.24 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.24 Nirukta 7.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.24) \`\`kṛsnam niyānam harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divam utpatanti/ ta ā vavṛtrant sadanād ṛtasya āt it ghṛtena pṛthivī vyudyate''.\[820\] kṛsnam nirayanam rātrir ādityasya,.harayaḥ suparṇā haranā āditya raśmayah,.te yadā amuto arvāñcaḥ paryāvartante saha sthānād udakasya ādityād,.atha ghṛtena udakena pṛthivī vyudyate/\[820\] ghṛtam ity udaka nāma,.jigharteḥ siñcati karmaṇah/\[820\] atha api brāhmaṇam bhavati.''.agnir vā ito vṛṣṭim samīrayati,.dhāmachad iva khalu vai bhūtvā varṣati,.marutaḥ sṛṣṭām vṛṣṭim nayanti/\[820\] \`\`yadā asāv ādityo nyañc raśmibhiḥ paryāvartate atha varṣati iti/''.\[820\] yatho etad rohāt pratyavarohaś cikīrṣita ity/ āmnāya vacanād etad bhavati/\[820\]. \[rohāt pratyavaroha ity arthavāda mātram eva..ḍ.822\] yatho etad vaisvānarīyo dvādaśa kapālo bhavati ity/ anirvacanam kapālāni bhavanty,.asti hi saurya eka kapālaḥ pañcakapālaś ca/\[820\] yatho etad brāhmaṇam bhavati iti/ bahu bhakti vādāni hi brāhmaṇāni bhavanti,.pṛthivī vaiśvānaraḥ saṃvatsaro vaiśvānaro brāhmaṇo vaiśvānara iti/\[820\].\[bhaktir nāma guna kalpanā ḍ.823\] yatho etan nivit saurya vaiśvānarī bhavati ity asya eva sā bhavati/ \`\`yo viś bhyo mānusībhyo dīded''.ity eṣa hi viś bhyo mānusībhyo dīpyate/\[820-821\] yatho etad havis pāntīyam sūktam saurya vaiśvānaram bhavati ity asya eva tad bhavati/7,24/\[821\] \`\`jamadagnir āhuta''.iti/ jamadagnayaḥ prajamita agnayo vā prajvalita agnayo vā tair abhihuto bhavati/\[821\] yatho etadd haviṣpāntīyam sūktam saurya vaiśvānaram bhavati ity asya eva tad bhavati/ - [Previous: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.23) - [Next: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.25) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.186.23) — 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.161.5) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.556) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.699) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893.c11.3) — Tilak 1893, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.24) · Pramāṇa