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# Yāska's Nirukta 8.2

Nirukta 8.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.8.2)

\`\`dravinodas1.dravinaso grāha hastāso adhvare/  
yajñeṣu devam īḷate/''.  
dravinodas1.yas tvam/  
dravinasa iti dravina sādina iti vā/  
dravina sānina iti vā/  
dravinasas tasmāt pibatv iti vā/  
yajñeṣu devam īḷate/  
yācanti stuvanti vardhayanti pūjayanti iti vā/  
tat ko dravinodas1/  
indra iti kraustukih/  
sa bala dhanayor dātṛtamas tasya ca sarvā bala kṛtih/  
\`\`ojaso jātam uta manya enam/''.iti āha/  
atha apy agnim drāvinodasam āha/  
esa punar etasmāt jāyate/  
\`\`yo aśmanor antar agnim jajāna''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
atha apy ṛtu yājeṣu drāvinodasāḥ pravādā bhavanti/  
teṣām punaḥ pātrasya indra pānam iti bhavati/  
atha apy enam soma pānena stauti/  
atha apy āha.''.dravinodas2.pibatu drāvinodasah''.iti/  
ayam eva agnir dravinodas1.iti śākapūnih/  
āgneyeṣv eva hi sūkteṣu drāvinodasāḥ pravādāḥ bhavanti/  
\`\`devā agnim dhārayan dravinodām''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
yatho etat sa bala dhanayor dātṛtama iti,.sarvāsu devatāsv aiśvaryam vidyate/  
yatho etad.''.ojaso jātam uta manya enam''.iti ca āha ity ayam apy agnir ojasā balena mathyamāno jāyate/  
tasmād enam āha sahasas putram sahasaḥ sūnum sahaso yahum/  
yatho etad agnim drāvinodasam āha ity ṛtvijo atra dravinodasa ucyante/  
haviso dātāp te ca enam janayanti/  
\`\`ṛsīnām putro adhirāja eṣa#.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
yatho etat teṣām punaḥ pātrasya indra pānam iti bhavati iti/  
bhakti mātram tad bhavati,.yathā vāyavyāni iti sarveṣām soma pātrānām/  
yatho etat soma pānena enam stauti ity asminn apy etad upapadyate/  
\`\`somam piba mandasāno ganāśribhir''.ity api nigamo bhavati/  
yatho etad dravinodas1.pibatu drāvinodasa ity asya eva tad bhavati/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Niruktaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin & Maheśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga) — Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Niruktavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!mahesvaratirtha) — Maheśvaratīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.1.2) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.163.8) — Yāska, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.1044) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2635) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.206) — Mookerji 1947, English

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