[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) › 7.4 # Yāska's Nirukta 7.4 Nirukta 7.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.4) tad ye anādista devatā mantrās teṣu devatā upaparīkṣā/\[733\] yad devataḥ sa yajño vā yajña aṅgam vā tad devatā bhavanti/\[733\].\[prakaraṇād hi saṃdigdha devateṣu devatā niyama iti nyāyaḥ..ḍ;.prātahsavane yo viniyujyate sa āgneyaḥ yo mādhyandine sa aindraḥ yas tṛtīya savana sa ādityaḥ..ḍ.734\]. atha anyatra yajñāt prājāpatyā iti yājñikā,.nārāśaṃsā iti nairuktāh/\[733\]. \[\`\`yajña iti kātthakyah,.agnir iti śākapūnih''.iti/ yajña śabdena ca visnur ucyate.''.viśnur vai yajñah''.iti hi vijñāyate/''.agnir hi bhūyistha bhāk devatānām''.iti ato anāviskṛta devatā liṅgo mantra āgneyaḥ syāt/ sarvadevatā āśrayanāt ca.''.agnir vai sarvā devatāh,.atra vai sarvā vasati devatā iti ha vijñāyate/''.ḍ.735-736,.\] \[kecit tu yena narāḥ praśasyante sa nārāśaṃso mantra iti paśyanto manuṣya stuti1p ity evam manyante/ tad ayuktam,.na hi manuṣyānām anāviskṛta liṅgair mantraiḥ stutir upapadyate,.durbodhyatvāt teṣām alpa buddhitvāt ca manuṣyānām iti..ḍ.736\] api vā sā kāma devatā syāt/\[733\].\[kāmato hi icchātas tasmin devatā kalpayitavyā..ḍ.736\] prāyas\[=adhikāra ḍ.736\].devatā vā,.\[athavā bāhulyam ḍ.736\]..asti hy ācāro bahulam loke,.devadeva ity atithi devatyam pitṛdevatyam.\[tatra evam nirdiste tato rāśer anyad avaśiṣyate tad deva pitṛ manuṣyānām sādhāranam bhavati..ḍ p.737\]/\[733\]. yājña daivato mantrah/\[733\]. \[yo anāviskṛta devatā liṅgo mantraḥ sa yājño vā syād daivato vā/''.visnur vai yajñah''.iti ha vijñāyate/ visnuḥ punar āditya eva nairuktānām dyu sthāne samāmnānāt,.''.yat ca kiṃcit pravalhitam(enigmatical).āditya karma eva tat''.iti hi vakṣyati/ tasmād āditya devataḥ sa mantra iti syāt/ athavā daivataḥ sa mantrah,.devatā asmin devatā iti daivatah,.avaśistam hi devatātvam agni7.eva,.sarva devatā abhivādāt,.''.agnir vai sarvā devatāh''.iti hi vijñāyate/''.agnir vai devatānām bhūyistha bhāk.''..iti ca/''.aparigrahaṃś ca pradhāna gāmi''.iti nyāhah,.tasmād āgneyaḥ sa mantra syād iti/ tad yad upodghāta uktam.''.nārāśaṃsā iti nairuktāh''.iti tad eva kātthakya śākapūni matena avadhṛtam.''.yajño agnir vā''.iti,.tau hi nairuktāv iti..ḍ.737-738\] api hy adevatā devatāvat stūyante yathā aśva prabhṛtīny osadhi paryantāny,.atha apy astau dvandvāni/\[733\] sa na manyeta āgantūn iva arthān devatānām,.pratyakṣa dṛśyam etad bhavati/ māhābhāgyād devatāyā eka ātmā bahudhā stūyate,.ekasya ātmano anye devāḥ pratyaṅgāni bhavanti/\[733\] api ca sattvānām prakṛti bhūmabhir ṛṣayaḥ stuvanti ity āhuḥ prakṛti sārvanāmnyāt ca/ itaretara janmāno bhavanti/ itaretara prakṛtayah/ karma janmānah/ ātma janmānah/.ātmā eva eṣām ratho bhavaty ātmā aśvā ātmā āyudham ātmā isu1p/ ātmā sarvam devasya devasya/\[723-724\] - [Previous: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.3) - [Next: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.5) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7) ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.171.1) — 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.146.9) — Yāska, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (7) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.18) — Kane 1930, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v4.c27.s1.44) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v2.c7.s2.t5.20) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c9.68) — Mookerji 1947, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.s1.10) — Hopkins 1895, English - [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c5.1) — Macdonell 1897, English - [Elements of Buddhist Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1935.c6.47) — Coomaraswamy 1935, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.7.4) · Pramāṇa