[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) › [Gṛhyasūtras of the Black Yajurveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur) › [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka) › [Commentary of Devapala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary) › 4.2 # Kathakagrihyasutra 4.2 Commentary of Devapāla 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4.2) kṛtaśaucārthasnānamagneḥ paścātprāṅmukhaṃ darbheṣūpaviṣṭaṃ brahmacāriṇaṃ 'yā āpo divyā' iti dvābhyāmabhiṣiñcati āgnikībhiradbhiryadi vā rājasūyikībhiḥ| tatra āgneyyo vahantyādyā nayādiprabhavā mantraliṅgāt sūryatejaḥprabandhācca | sarasvatyādiprabhavāstu rājasūyikyaḥ rājasūye rājābhiṣekārthamāmnānāt | kiṃ kṛtvā'bhiṣiñcati | darbhān hiraṇyaṃ cādhyadhikṛtya, brahmacāriṇaḥ śirasi darbhān tadupari suvarṇaṃ nidhāyetyarthaḥ || prastārapaṅktiśchandaḥ, mṛtyoḥ sāmparāyikasyārṣam, uttarasyāpyanuṣṭubhā nṛpasyaiva | he brahmacārin tāsāmapāṃ sarvāsāṃ varcasā vīryeṇa tvāmabhiṣiñcāmi | kīdṛśena varcasā | rucā suvarṇena saha vartamānena | kāsāmapām | yā divyāḥ divi bhavāḥ āditye sthitāḥ, 'ādityājāyate vṛṣṭiḥ' ityāgamāt | yāścāntarikṣyā antarikṣe bhavā meghasthā ityarthaḥ | uta apica pārthivāsaḥ pārthivā nadyādibhavāḥ, yāśca payasā kṣīreṇa saṃbabhūvuḥ saṃbhūtā miśrībhāvamāpannāḥ, agnihotrādau sarveṇa vā haviṣā saṃbhūtā ityartho jñeyaḥ, payograhaṇasya havirmātropalakṣaṇatvāt || anuṣṭup | ahaṃ tvā tvāmabhiṣicaṃ abhiṣiñcāmīti liṅvyatyayaḥ | varcasā payasā yajñena saha vartamānam| mayābhiṣiktastvaṃ varcasvī payasvī hotā yājñikaśca bhavetyarthaḥ | yathā tvaṃ mitravardhanaḥ mitrāṇāṃ vardhayitā asaḥ bhavasi tathā tvāṃ savitā karat “liṅarthe leṭ” kuryāt | - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka.44.3) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka!devapala-commentary.4.2) · Pramāṇa