[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Gobhilagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila) › 2.1.7 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.1.7 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1.7) pāṇāv ādhāya kumāryā upanāmayed: ṛtam eva prathamam, ṛtam nā 'tyeti kaścana, rta iyaṃ pṛthivī śritā, sarvam idam asau bhūyād iti tasyā nāma gṛhītvai 'ṣām ekaṃ gṛhāṇe 'ti brūyāt. > Taking them in his hand he should offer them to the girl, and (reciting the formula): 'Right alone is the first; right nobody oversteps; on right this earth is founded. May N.N. become this universe!'—he should pronounce her name and should say: 'Take one of these.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1.6) - [Next: 2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1.8) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila~en-oldenberg.2.1.7) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.1.7) · Pramāṇa