[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 41.2-2 # Nirnayasindhu 41.2-2 Nirṇayasindhu 41.2-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2-2) ” baudhāyanasūtram- "atha yadi kanyopasāyamānā cohyamānā vā rajasvalā syāttāmanumantrayet | pumāṃsau mitrāvaruṇau pumāṃsāvaśvinā vubhau| pumānindraśca sūryyaśca pumāṃsaṃ ca dadhātviyam” iti || atha dvādaśarātramalaṃkṛtya prāśayetpañcagavyamatha śuddhāṃ kṛtvā vivahet vivāhabhedāḥ atra gāndharvādyaṣṭau vivāhāstadvyavasthā cākare jñeyā | manuḥ-“ṣaḍānupūrvyā viprasya kṣatrasya caturo varān | viṭśūdrayostu tāneva vidyāddharmyānarākṣasān ||” caturaḥ-āsuragāndharvarākṣasapaiśācān | tān-rākṣasavarjyān | vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ sa eva-‘āsuraṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ' || hemādrau paiṭhīnasiḥ-‘rākṣaso vaiśyasya paiśācaḥ śūdrasya |' pracetāḥ-paiśāco saṃskṛtaprasūtānāṃ pratilomajānāṃ ca |' manuḥ-‘rākṣasatvāsuro vaiśye śūdre cānyastu garhitaḥ kṣatriyādeḥ saṃkaṭe paiśācamāha mādhavīye vatsaḥ-“sarvopāyairasādhyā syātsukanyā puruṣasya yā | cauryeṇāpi vivāhena sā vigrāhyā rahaḥ sthitā || gāndharvāṃdivivāheṣvapyudakapūrvakaṃ dānamāha || tatraiva yamaḥ-“nodakena na vā vācā kanyāyāḥ patirucyate| pāṇigrahaṇasaṃskārātpatitvaṃ saptame pade ||” parāśaramādhavīye devalopi-“gāndharvādivivāheṣu punarvaivāhiko vidhiḥ | kartavyaśca tribhirvarṇaiḥ samarthenāgnisākṣikaḥ ||” traivarṇikergāndharvādau vipravarjamadhikāra uktaḥ | tatraiva pariśiṣṭe-“gāndharvāsurapaiśācā vivāhā rākṣasaca yaḥ| pūrvaṃ parigrayasteṣu paścāddhomo vidhīyate ato homādāvakṛte bhāryātvābhāvāddharāntarāya deyā || tathāca tatraiva vasiṣṭhabaudhāyanau“balādapahatā kanyā mantrairyadi na saṃskṛtā | anyasmai vidhivaddeyā tathā kanyā tathaiva madanapārijāte nāradaḥ- "pāṇigrahaṇikā mantrā niyataṃ dāralakṣaṇam | teṣāṃ ca niṣṭhā vijñeyā vidvadbhiḥ saptame pade ||" smṛticandrikāyāmaparārke caivam || aśauce tu yājñavalkyaḥ-"dāne vivāhe yajñe ca saṃgrāme deśaviplave || āpadyapi ca kaṣṭāyāṃ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate ||" keṣāmityapekṣite brahmapurāṇe uktaṃ- "dātuḥ pratigrahītṛśca kanyādāne ca no bhavet | vivāhaviṣṇoḥ kanyāyā lājahomādikarmaṇi" iti || "vratayajñavivāheṣu śrāddhe home'rcane jape | ārabdhe sūtakaṃ na syādanārabdhe tu sūtakam" iti viṣṇuvacanācca prārambhastenaivoktaḥ- "prārambho varaṇaṃ yajñe saṃkalpo vratasatrayoḥ | nāndīmukhaṃ vivāhādau śrāddhe pākaparikriyā" iti || varaṇamiti madhuparkaparam || "gṛhītamadhuparkasya yajamānācca ṛtvijaḥ | paścādaśauce patite na bhavediti niścayaḥ" iti brāhmokteḥ || madhuparkātpūrvaṃ tu bhavatyevāśaucamiti śuddhivivekaḥ rāmāṇḍārabhāṣyepyevam nāndīmukhadināvadhiḥ nāndīmukhāvadhiśca smṛtyantare - "ekaviṃśatyaharyajñe vivāhe daśa vāsarāḥ|| triṣaṭcaulopanayane nāndīśrāddhaṃ vidhīyate ||" ārambhābhāve'pi lagnāntarābhāve gadyaviṣṇuḥ - 'na devapratiṣṭhāvivāhayoḥ pūrvasambhṛtayorapi' iti antarāsūtake nirṇayaḥ atra prāyaścittamāha madanapārijāte viṣṇuḥ- "anārabdhaviśuddhyarthaṃ kūṣmāṇḍairjuhuyāddhṛtam | gāṃ dadyātpañcagavyāśī tataḥ śudhyati sūtakī ||" saṃgrahepi - "saṃkaṭe samanuprāpte sūtake samupāgate| kūṣmāṇḍībhirghṛtaṃ hutvā gāṃ ca dadyāt payasvinīm || cūḍopanayanodvāhapratiṣṭhādikamācaret || yadaiva sūtakaprāptistadaivābhyudayakriyā - [Previous: 41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2) - [Next: 41.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2-3) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41) ## Linked texts (3) - [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.5) — Sanskrit - [Paiṭhīnasidharmasūtra (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.paithinasi*fragments.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p68) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2-2) · Pramāṇa