टिप्पणी: (रुशतीम् ) is from रुश- भासार्थ : धातुकल्पद्रुमादौ = Illuminating or shining (knowledge) (क्षोणस्य ) is derived from क्षु-शब्दे इत्यस्मादौणादिको न प्रत्ययः = Of a teacher who utters good words of wisdom. Sayanacharya gives two quite different so-called stories or myths in his commentary. In the first story, he explains क्षोण as क्षोणस्य-क्षोणाय दृष्टिराहित्येन गन्तुम् अशक्ताय एकस्मिन्नेव स्थाने निवसते कण्वाय महः तेजः - तैजसं चक्षुरिन्द्रियमदत्तम् || = Gave eye-sight to Kanva who was blind & therefore could not go anywhere. क्षि-निवास गत्योः According to the other quite different story.अपर आह = He explains क्षीणः as शब्दकारी वीणाबिशेष: तस्य श्रवः (शब्दम्) अध्यधत्तम् उषसो विज्ञानार्थमधिकं कुरुतम् ॥ Which of these two quite different stories is to be relied upon ? None of them, of course as they are imaginary or ingenuous. Rishi Dayananda Sarasvati never relied upon these absurd myths and gave derivative meanings of the Vedic words and Universal teachings. Even Prof. Wilson who has mainly translated Sayanacharya's Sanskrit Commentary into English was forced to remark in his notes on volume 1, P. 358. "The blindness of Kanwa is not adverted to in any of his hymns hither to met with.