Manava Dharmashastra 13.1

13.1

( 4 ) rāghavānandaḥ | brahmacaryeṇaiva niṣṭhāṃsamāptimaraṇaṃ gato naiṣṭhikaiti samākhyayaiva gārhasthyanivṛttiḥsiddhā | upakurvāṇasya gārhasthyaṃ tadbrahmacaryasya kālavikalpaṃcāha ṣaṭtriṃśaditidvābhyāṃ | vedārthānuṣṭhāne saeva mukhyādhikārīti | mānaṃpūrvevedādītyuktamadhunā meyaṃ vaktavyamiti mānameyayoḥ saṃgatiḥ | traivedikaṃ trayāṇāṃvedānāṃsamāhārastrivedī tadgrahaṇaprayojanaṃ traivedikaṃ vrataṃ viśeṣyaṃ | ṣaṭtriṃśatsaṃvatsarairadṛṣṭārthavedatrayasya sarvaśākhāpratyayamekaṃ karmeti nyāyāt śākhātrayasyādhyayanamavaśyaṃbhāvīti medhāgatavaijātyāttadardhikamaṣṭādaśavarṣasādhyaṃ pādikaṃ navavarṣasādhyaṃ samaṃsyādaśrutatvādityādinyāyenavā pratiśākhaṃsvatantramadṛṣṭārthagṛhītepi vede vratamiti viśeṣaṇam | tathāca dvādaśaṣaṭtrīṇi varṣāṇi vedavratācaraṇaṃ ataevoktam | tapoviśeṣairvividhairvrataiśca vidhicoditairiti | durmedhasoniyamavyāvṛttimāha grahaṇāntikameveti etadvratajātaṃnirvighnatādhyayanasamāptyarthamiti bhaṭṭapādāḥ |