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[1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.3) yāṃ kāmayeta duhitaraṃ priyā syāditi tāṃ niṣṭyāyāṃ dadyāt priyaiva bhavati neva tu punarāgacchatīti brāhmaṇavekṣo vidhiḥ \ 3 \ > A daughter whom he wishes to be dear (to her husband), a father should give in marriage under the Nishtyâ (Nakshatra); thus she becomes dear (to her husband); she does not return (to her father's) house: this is an observance based on a Brâhmana. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.4) invakāśabdo mṛgaśirasi \ 4 \ > The word Invakâs means Mrigasiras; the word Nishtyâ means Svâti. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.5) niṣṭyāśabdassvātau \ 5 \ > At the wedding one cow; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.6) vivāhe gauḥ \ 6 \ > In the house one cow: > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.7) gṛheṣu gauḥ \ 7 \ > With the (first cow) he should prepare an Argha reception for the bridegroom as for a guest, > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.8) tayā varamatithivadarhayet \ 8 \ > With the other (the bridegroom \[?\] should do so) for a person whom he reveres. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.9) yo 'syāpacitastamitarayā \ 9 \ > These are the occasions for killing a cow: (the arrival of) a guest, (the Ashtakâ sacrifice offered to) the Fathers, and marriage. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.10) etāvadgorālambhanamatithiḥ pitaro vivāhaśca \10\ > Let (the wooer) avoid in his wooing a girl that sleeps, or cries, or has left home. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.11) suptāṃ rundantīṃ niṣkrāntāṃ varaṇe parivarjayet \11\ > And let him avoid one who has been given (to another), and who is guarded (by her relations), and one who looks wicked (?), or who is a most excellent one (?), or (who is like the fabulous deer) sarabha (?), a hunch-back, a girl of monstrous appearance, a bald-headed girl, a girl whose skin is like a frog's (?), a girl who has gone over to another family (?), a girl given to sensual pleasures (?), or a herdess, or one who has too many friends, or who has a fine younger sister, or one whose age is too near to that of the bridegroom (?). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.12) dattāṃ guptāṃ dyotāmṛṣabhāṃ śarabhāṃ vinatāṃ vikaṭāṃ muṇḍāṃ maṇḍūṣikāṃ sāṅkārikāṃ rātāṃ pālīṃ mitrāṃ svanujāṃ varṣakārīṃ ca varjayet \12\ > Girls who have the name of a Nakshatra, or of a river, or of a tree, are objectionable. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.13) nakṣatranāmā nadīnāmā vṛkṣanāmāca garhitāḥ \13\ > And all girls in whose names the last letter but one is r or l, one should avoid in wooing. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.14) sarvāśca rephalakāropāntā varaṇe parivarjayet \14\ > If possible, he should place (the following) objects hidden before the girl, and should say to her, 'Touch (one of these things).' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.15) śaktiviṣaye dravyāṇi praticchannānyupanidhāya brūyādupaspṛśeti \15\ > (The objects are), different kinds of seeds mixed together, loose earth from (the kind of sacrificial altar called) vedi, an earth-clod from a field, cow-dung, and an earth-clod from a cemetery. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.16) nānā bījāni saṃsṛṣṭāni vedyāḥ pāṃsūn kṣetrālloṣṭaṃ śakṛcchmaśānaloṣṭamiti \16\ > If she touches one of the former (objects, this portends) prosperity as characterized (by the nature of what she has touched). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.17) pūrveṣāmupasparśane yathāliṅgamṛddhiḥ \17\ > The last is regarded as objectionable. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.18) uttamaṃ paricakṣate \18\ > Let him marry a girl of good family and character, with auspicious characteristics, and of good health. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.19) bandhuśīlalakṣaṇasampannāmarogāmupayaccheta \19\ > Good family, a good character, auspicious characteristics, learning, and good health: these are the accomplishments of a bridegroom. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.20) bandhuśīlalakṣaṇasampannaśśrutavānaroga iti varasampat \20\ > A wife who is pleasing to his mind and his eyes, will bring happiness to him; let him pay no attention to the other things: such is the opinion of some. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) ### [1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3.21) yasyāṃ manaścakṣuṣornibandhastasyāmṛddhirnetaradādriyetetyeke \21\ ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.1.3.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.34.7) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit - [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.27.2) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.1.3) · Pramāṇa