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# Yāska's Nirukta 9.8

Nirukta 9.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.8)

\`\`prāvepā mā bṛhato mādayanti pravātejā irine varvṛtānāh/  
somasyeva maujavatasya bhakṣo vibhīdako jāgṛvir mahyam acchān/''.  
pravepino mā mahato vibhīdakasya phalāni mādayanti/  
pravātejāḥ pravanejāh/  
irine vartamānāh/  
irinam nirṛṇam,.ṛṇāter apārṇam bhavati/  
aparatā asmād osadhi1p iti vā/  
somasya iva maujavatasya bhakṣah/  
maujavato mūjavati jātah/  
mūjavat parvato,.muñjavat1/  
muñjo vimucyata isīkā3/  
isīkā isater gati karmaṇah/  
iyam api itarā isīkā etasmād eva/  
vibhīdako vibhedanāt/  
jāgṛvir jāgaranāt/  
mahyam acacchadat/  
praśaṃsaty enān prathamayā,.nindaty uttarābhih/  
ṛser akṣa paridyūnasya etad ārṣam vedayante/  
grāvāno hanter vā,.gṛṇāter vā,.gṛhṇāter vā/  
teṣām eṣā bhavati/

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## Commentaries (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā (Niruktavṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska!durga.203.7) — 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 (3)

- [Ṛjvarthā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.rjvartha.3.8) — Durga or Durgācārya, Sanskrit
- [Nighaṇṭu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.nighantu.177.1-8) — Yāska, Sanskrit
- [Saṃvādasūkta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.sukta.jnanasamvada.samvadasukta.6.2) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (4)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s2.104) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, 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.v5.c49.16) — Muir 1858, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5228) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.kirfel-1920.c7.s1.t4.19) — Kirfel 1920, German

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