Manava Dharmashastra 3.38
Manvarthamuktāvalī 3.38
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3.38
abhividhāvāṅ| brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāmuktāṣṭamaikādaśadvādaśavarṣadvaiguṇyasya vivakṣitatvāt ṣoḍaśavarṣaparyantaṃ brāhmaṇasya sāvitryarthe vacanamupanayanaṃ nātikrāntakālaṃ bhavati| kṣatriyasya dvāviṃśativarṣaparyantam| vaiśyasya caturviṃśativarṣaparyantam| atra maryādāyāmāṅ| kecidvyākhyāpayanti yamavacanadarśanāt| tathā ca yamaḥ-‘‘patitā yasya sāvitrī daśa varṣāṇi pañca ca| brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa tathā rājanyavaiśyayoḥ| prāyaścittaṃ bhavedeṣāṃ provāca vadatāṃ varaḥ| vivasvataḥ sutaḥ śrīmānyamo dharmārthatattvavit|| saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ| haviṣyaṃ bhojayedannaṃ brāhmaṇānsapta pañca vā’’|