Manava Dharmashastra 3.28
Manubhāṣya 3.28
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- Sanskrit
3.28
vitate prārabdhatantre jyotiṣṭomādau yajñe tatkarmakāriṇe ṛtvije'dhvaryave sutāyā duhiturdānam |
alaṃkṛtyetyanuvādaḥ | kanyādānasya sarvasyaiva rūpatvāt | “ācchādyālaṃkṛtāṃ vivāhayediti” sāmānyo'yaṃ vidhiḥ |
“nanu gauścāśvaścāśvataraścetyādyṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇātvena śrutam | na kvacitkanyādānaṃ kratvarthatayā coditam” |
kimatra kratvarthatayā | pravṛtte yajñe ṛtvije yāṃ dadāti sa daivo vivāhaḥ | asti copakāragandhastadīyakaraṇam | akarmoddeśenāpi dīyamānaṃ tatkarmakaraṇapravṛttasya janayatyevānamanaviśeṣam | etāvatopakārasambandhena brāhmāddaivo nyūnaḥ |
‘As well as to the bride;’—i.e., by way of ‘dowry.’
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit