Dighanikaya 1.26

1.26

Āvāhanaṃ nāma imassa dārakassa asukakulato asukanakkhattena dārikaṃ ānethāti āvāhakaraṇaṃ. Vivāhananti imaṃ dārikaṃ asukassa nāma dārakassa asukanakkhattena detha, evamassā vuḍḍhi bhavissatīti vivāhakaraṇaṃ. Saṃvaraṇanti saṃvaraṇaṃ nāma ‘ajja nakkhattaṃ sundaraṃ, ajjeva samaggā hotha, iti vo viyogo na bhavissatī’ti evaṃ samaggakaraṇaṃ. Vivaraṇaṃ nāma ‘sace viyujjitukāmattha, ajjeva viyujjatha, iti vo puna saṃyogo na bhavissatī’ti evaṃ visaṃyogakaraṇaṃ. Saṅkiraṇanti ‘uṭṭhānaṃ vā iṇaṃ vā dinnaṃ dhanaṃ ajja saṅkaḍḍhatha, ajja saṅkaḍḍhitañhi taṃ thāvaraṃ hotī’ti evaṃ dhanapiṇḍāpanaṃ. Vikiraṇanti ‘sace payogauddhārādivasena dhanaṃ payojitukāmattha, ajja payojitaṃ diguṇacatugguṇaṃ hotī’ti evaṃ dhanapayojāpanaṃ. Subhagakaraṇanti piyamanāpakaraṇaṃ vā sassirīkakaraṇaṃ vā. Dubbhagakaraṇanti tabbiparītaṃ. Viruddhagabbhakaraṇanti viruddhassa vilīnassa aṭṭhitassa matassa gabbhassa karaṇaṃ. Puna avināsāya bhesajjadānanti attho. Gabbho hi vātena, pāṇakehi, kammunā cāti tīhi kāraṇehi vinassati. Tattha vātena vinassante nibbāpanīyaṃ sītalaṃ bhesajjaṃ deti, pāṇakehi vinassante pāṇakānaṃ paṭikammaṃ karoti, kammunā vinassante pana buddhāpi paṭibāhituṃ na sakkonti.

“Arranging marriages” means arranging a bride’s arrival, saying: “Under such an asterism, bring a maiden for this boy from such a family.” “Arranging bridal departures” means arranging a maiden's sending away, saying: “Give this maiden to such a boy under such an asterism; thus she will have prosperity.” “Making peace” means pacification, saying: “Today the asterism is auspicious; be united today, and so there will be no separation for you.” “Making division” means separation, saying: “If you wish to separate, separate today, and so there will be no rejoining for you.” “Collecting” means the accumulation of wealth, saying: “Recover today the money given as venture capital or as a loan; for what is recovered today remains secure.” “Dispersing” means the employment of wealth, saying: “If you wish to invest money by way of lending at interest and the like, what is invested today becomes doubled or quadrupled.” “Making fortunate” means making loved and agreeable, or making prosperous. “Making unfortunate” is the opposite. “Causing abortion” means treating a disturbed, liquefied, unstable, or dead fetus. The meaning is: giving medicine so it is not lost again. For a fetus is destroyed by three causes: by wind, by living creatures, or by kamma. There, when it is being destroyed by wind, he gives cooling, pacifying medicine; when it is being destroyed by living creatures, he treats the creatures; but when it is being destroyed by kamma, even the Buddhas cannot avert it.