[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c71.s1.7 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.7 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.7 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c71.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.7) ³ ऋतस्य हि शुरुधः सन्ति पूर्वीर्ऋतस्य धीतिर्वृजिनानि हन्ति। ऋतस्य श्लोको बधिरा ततर्द कर्णा बुधानः शुचमान आयोः॥ ऋतस्य दृळ्हा धरुणानि सन्ति पुरूणि चन्द्रा वपुषे वपूंषि। ऋतेन दीर्घमषणन्त पृक्ष ऋतेन गाव ऋतमाविवेशुः ॥ ऋतं येमान ऋतमिद्वनोत्यृतस्य शुष्मस्तरया उ गव्युः । ऋताय पृथ्वी बहुले गभीरे ऋताय धेनू परमे दुहाते॥ ऋ IV 23 8-10 These are rather obscure verses The Nirukta X 41 understands ṛta to mean ‘water’ and explains X 23·8 as ‘ऋतस्य प्रज्ञा वर्जनीयानि हन्ति ऋतस्य श्लोको बधिरस्यापि कर्णौ आतृणत्ति । बधिर बद्वश्रोत्र । कर्णा बोधयन् दीप्यमानश्च आयो अयनस्य मनुष्यस्य ज्योतिर्षा वा उदकस्य वा ।’ - [Previous: v5.c71.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.6) - [Next: v5.c71.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.8) - [Up: v5.c71.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.10.41) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.4.23.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.7) · Pramāṇa