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# Kathakagrihyasutra 19.4

Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 19.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.19.4)

prathamā gāyatrī| anyāstriṣṭubhaḥ| vāstoṣpatirantarikṣanivāsī vāyuḥ, yadvā prāṇaḥ| he vāstoṣpate gṛhasvāmin, viśveṣāṃ sarveṣāmasmatparijanānāṃ rūpāṇi svarūpāṇi āviśan adhiṣṭhiṭhan amī amūn parijanānāvaha prāpaya pūrvametāneva gṛhaṃ praveśaya| prathamaṃ parijanasya gṛhapraveśamanujānīhi paścādasmākamiti bhāvaḥ| evamevānutiṣṭhanno'smākaṃ sakhā mitraṃ supraveśanīyo bhava|  
he vāstoṣpate pratijānīhyasmān gṛhapatiḥ paramaḥ san asmānapyavāntarasvāmitayāṅgīkurvityarthaḥ| svāveśaḥ sukhapraveśaśca no'smākaṃ bhava| tathānamīvo vyādhiśūnyo'smākaṃ bhava| kiñca yattubhyaṃ kiñciddvayo havirādikaṃ, tanno'smākaṃ sambandhi juṣasva bhajasva| tathā śaṃ sukhaṃ no bhava dvipade mānuṣarūpe, catuṣpade gavāśvādike|  
he vāstoṣpate naḥ asmākaṃ prataraṇaḥ prakarṣeṇa saṃsārasāgarakleśataraṇaḥ edhi bhava| 'asa-bhuvi-loṭ', sipi hyādeśaḥ| 'hujhalbhyo herdhiḥ' (6.4.101) iti dhitvaṃ 'dhvasoreddhāvabhyāsalopaśca' (6.4.119)| gayasphānaḥ gayaṃ gṛhaṃ, gṛhe sphītaḥ san gobhiraśvaiśca sahitaḥ he indo parameśvara te tava sakhye vartamānā vayamajarāsaḥ ajīrṇāḥ syāma| tvaṃ ca no'smānpratijuṣasva prīṇīhi| ka iva kān| piteva putrān|  
he vāstoṣpate yā tvāṃ saṃsadāte sevate vibhūtistayā vayamapi sakṣīma ṣaca samavāye yujyemahi| kīdṛśyā| śagmayā sukharūpayā, hiraṇvayā hitaramaṇīyayā hiraṇyayuktayā vā, gātumatyā kīrtirūpagānayuktayā udgātṛgītayutayā ca| yaccāsmākaṃ kiñcidvaramutkṛṣṭaṃ tvatprasādopanataṃ, tatsarvaṃ pāhi rakṣa| kiṃ kurvan| alabdhalābhātmake yoge, prāptaparirakṣaṇarūpe ca kṣeme vartamānaḥ| utaśabdaścārthe| kiṃvā viśeṣeṇa vāstoṣpatireva prārthyate| he gṛhadevatāḥ evaṃ sarvā eva yūyaṃ no'smān svastibhiravināśaiḥ pāta rakṣata sarvakālam|

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.12.2) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit

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