[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) › 2.2.16 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 2.2.16 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 2.2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2.16) avasiktāyāḥ savyena pāṇinā 'ñjalim upodgṛhya, dakṣiṇena pāṇinā dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ sāṅguṣṭham uttānaṃ gṛhītvai 'tāḥ ṣaṭ pāṇigrahaṇīyā japati gṛbhṇāmi ta iti. > After she has been (thus) besprinkled, he puts up her joined hands with his left hand, seizes with his right hand her right hand with the thumb, her hand being turned with the palm upwards, and murmurs these six verses referring to the seizing of (a girl's) hand, 'I seize thy hand' (MB. I, 2, 10-15). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2.15) - [Next: 2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2.17) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila~en-oldenberg.2.2.16) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila!bhattanarayana.18.16) — Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa (Gobhila commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.2.2.16) · Pramāṇa