Citrapata 8: atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ

Citrapaṭa 8

³atha prayuktakai kratvarthapuruṣārthavicāraṇā

⁴kratvarthapuruṣārthau hi kratupuṃprītisādhanau
na⁵vidheyaṃ phalaṃ tasya rāgādeva pravṛttitaḥ

godohanaṃ na kratvarthaṃ ⁶sakṛddravyasya cārjanam
nekṣetodyantamityanyānnūktiryajñāyudhaśrutiḥ

⁷paścaikatvaṃ śrutaṃ yajñe kārakatvaṃ prapadyate
liṅgamapyasya ca paśoḥ śabdārthatvādvivakṣitam

tyāgāṃśenāddaṣṭamapi kuryustviṣṭakṛdādayaḥ
prayu⁸ktacarthoparigraṃthe śeṣatvasya vicāraṇā

vājinaṃ na prayoktuṃ syād dadhyānayanakarmaṇaḥ
nayanasyaikahāyanyā nākṣṇāsyābhyañjanakriyā

nopavāpaḥ kapālasya na śakkrohite paśoḥ
¹sviṣṭakṛt karaṇīyaṃ syādāgneyādyuttarārdhataḥ

pratipattiḥ prayājājyāvaśeṣasyābhighāraṇam
prayoktaupabhṛtājyasya barhiḥ pratisamānayaḥ

vyavasthā prayājādīnyājyaissyurjauhavādibhiḥ
aṣṭāvupabhṛtītyeṣa catussaṃkhyādvaye vidhiḥ

iti prathamaḥ pādaḥ

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