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[15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.2) kāmyante iti kāmāḥ svargādiphalavi- śeṣāḥ, tādarthye caturthī | paryāyeṇa sarvakāmasiddhirna samuccayeneti yogasiddhayadhikaraṇe vyavasthitam | ### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.3) kālavikalpārthametat | ### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.4) eke punaḥ kālaniyamaṃ nānumanyante | tena yadākadācitkartavyaḥ śūlagavaḥ | ### [15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.5) grāmasyottare deśe gavāṃ madhye vedyākṛtiṃ kṛtvā, pāśukīmeva vediṃ caturasrāṃ kṛtvetyarthaḥ, tāṃ vediṃ vṛkṣaśākhābhiḥ parivṛtya ataṣṭaṃ takṣaṇarahitaṃ yūpamucchrayanti | yūpaśabdasya saṃskāraśabdatvānmantre prāpte tadapavādastūṣṇīmiti | ucchrayantīti bahuvacanenocchrayaṇasyāniyatakartṛtvamāha | ### [15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.6) taṃ yūpamāśrityāpareṇa paścime bhāge yathoktamupasamādhānādikamājyabhāgāntaṃ kṛtvā, jayaprabhṛtibhirhutveti sthālīpākatantramatra rāṣṭrabhṛtparyantamupalakṣayati | bhavāya tvāmupākaromi, śarvāya tvāmupākaromītyādinā mantraṣaṭkenopakalpayāmītyantena gāmupākaroti paśuṃ vā cchāgam | ### [15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.7) nāmāni bhavāya śarvāyetyādīni | nāma nāma pratināma, dravyaṃ vapāvadānādi, dravyaṃ dravyaṃ pratidravyam | anuvākāḥ ṣaṭ rudrābhidhānāḥ pūrvavyākhyātāḥ ‘namaste rudra manyave’ ityādyāḥ | anuvākaṃ anuvākaṃ pratyanuvākam| itiśabdo'dhikaraṇapradhānaḥ| iha yadvapāvadānādikaṃ karma pradhānaṃ, tatpratidravyaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ pratināma pratyanuvākaṃ ca kartavyam | tathā ṣaḍbhiranuvākairyathāsaṃkhyamekaikena bhavādināmaśabdena yuktairviparyayāḥ ṣaṭ homāḥ| hṛdayādibhya ekaikasmāddvirdviravadāya samudāyaṃ kṛtvaiva deyāḥ ṣaḍupahārāḥ | ### [15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.8) ekaikasminkapāle nirvṛttān ṣaṭ paśupuroḍāśāṃstūṣṇīṃ mantravyatirekeṇa nirmitān śrapayitvā sviṣṭakṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ baliṣaṭkamekaikena puroḍāśena bhinnabhinnapātrasthena bhinnabhinnadarbhasthena vā paśulohitaliptena kalpayet | 'devasya tvā savituḥ prasave'śvinorbāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāṃ bhavāya juṣṭaṃ kalpayāmi' ityādayaḥ kalpane ṣaṭ mantrāḥ | kalpayitvā ca 'namaste rudra manyave' iti ṣaḍbhiranuvākairupasthānaṃ kṛtvā balimupaharati | ### [15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.9) īśānaṃ tveti vākyaśeṣamanuvākaṣaṅkena saṃbandhayatītyarthaḥ| tatastribhyo'ṅgebhyo madhyasavyaśroṇidakṣiṇabāhubhyaḥ sakṛdavadāya agnaye svāheti sviṣṭakṛtaṃ yajati| pūrvoktamantreṇetyeke| anenaiva ca samāptiḥ| tato vapāśrapaṇīṃ sadarbhāṃ pūrvavadagnau praharati prokṣati cāpohiṣṭhīyābhiḥ | ### [15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.10) yathāśakti brāhmaṇān māṃsena bhojayanti | ### [15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.11) apakvamapi grāmaṃ na praveśayanti, kā vārtā pakvasyeti kecit | apare tu pakvasya grāmapraveśanamicchanti kadācit | ### [15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.12) mucyamānaṃ pakvamapakvaṃ bhūmau prakṣipantītyarthaḥ| sacarma carmaṇā saha | ### [15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15.13) yajñabhūmimapaśyanto grāmamāgacchantītyarthaḥ 13 vyākhyātaṃ sūtrajātam | mantrānvyākhyāsyāmaḥ | tatra rudrā vyākhyātāḥ || āstārapaṃktiḥ| bhūtānām | īśasyārṣam | agnireva rudraḥ | he agne tvāṃ vayaṃ dhanānāmīśānaṃ prabhuṃ śuśruma śrutavantaḥ | ato he dhanapate bhūri bahu puṣṭaṃ paripūrṇaṃ mahyaṃ dhehi | kīdṛśam | gomat goyuktam | evamaśvavaddhiraṇyavadannavaditi yojyam || naṣṭarūpā paṅktiḥ| he prajāpate rudrāgne tava saṃbandhinī dyauḥ payo dugdhāṃ jalaṃ muñcatu | kīdṛśī dyauḥ | pṛthivī pṛthvī mahatī | ajaṃ jalaṃ, tadgirati muñcati ajagaro meghaḥ tvāṃ sodakaḥ udakasahito visarpatu | prajāpatinā sādhyapākādinā ahamātmānamāprīṇe tarpayāmi pūrayāmi, ataḥ sa mamātmā ariktaḥ paripūrṇo bhavatu || he devā ṛtvijaḥ, tasmai rudrāya namo'stu yo agnau apsu oṣadhīṣu vanaspatiṣu ca sthitaḥ | athavātyalpamidamucyate yo viśvā viśvāni bhuvanāni āviveśa yena sarvāṇi bhuvanāni vyāptāni || iti śūlagavaḥ || iti dvipañcāśī kāṇḍikā | 52 || ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.51.12) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala-commentary.15) · Pramāṇa