[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) › 7.3 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.3 Nirukta 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.3) parokṣa kṛtāḥ pratyakṣa kṛtāś ca mantrā bhūyisthā alpaśa ādhyātmikāh/\[725\] atha api stutir eva bhavati na āśis vādah/''.indrasya nu vīryāni pra vocam''.iti yathā etasmint sūkte/\[725\]. \[ḍ p.726:.tatra punar āśiś1.yojyā/ kim kāranam/ āśiso hy arthe stutiḥ prayujyate.\] atha apy āśis eva na stutiḥ.''.sucakṣā aham akṣībhyām bhūyāsam suvarcā mukhena suśrutk karṇābhyām bhūyāsam''.iti/ tad etad bahulam ādhvaryave.\[vede ḍ=YV?\].yājñeṣu ca mantreṣu/\[725\].\[ḍ p.736:.tatra api...stutir yojyā..na hy anabhistutā devatā āśisam samardhayati.\] atha api śapatha abhiśāpau/''.adya murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi''.\`\`.adhā sa vīrair daśabhir vi yūyā''.iti/\[725\] atha api kasyacid bhāvasya ācikhyāsā/''.na mṛtyur āsīd amṛtam na tarhi/''.\`\`.tamas āsīt tamasā gūḷham agre/''.\[725\] atha api paridevanā kasmāc cit bhāvāt/''.sudevo adya prapated anāvṛt/''.\`\`.na vi jānāmi yadi vedam asmi iti''.\[725\].\[evam ayam ātma nindā pūrvako vilāpas paridevanā ity ucyate ḍ.730\] atha api nindā praśaṃsā1d/''.kevalāgho bhavati kevalādī/''.\`\`.bhojasya idam puskarinī iva veśma''.iti/\[725\] evam akṣa sūkte dyūta nindā ca kṛṣi praśaṃsā ca/\[726\] evam ucca avacair abhiprāyair ṛsīnām mantra dṛṣṭayo bhavanti/\[726\].\[tad api ārṣa anukramanī ām nidānam ārṣaṃś ca ubhayam upekṣitavyam..ḍ.733\] - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.167.5) — 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.145.1) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.potter-1970.v4.c23.78) — Potter 1970, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.119) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5414) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.3) · Pramāṇa