[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) › [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka) › [Kathakagrihyasutrabhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala) › 21.5 # Kathakagrihyasutra 21.5 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 21.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21.5) yajñārthā vediḥ prasiddhā| sītā halotkhātā bhūmiḥ| aśoṣyaḥ padmādyākaro jalāśayo hradaḥ| goṣṭhaṃ gavāśrayo gokulādiḥ| ādīvyantyasminnādevanaṃ kitavasthānam| ādahyante'sminnityādahanaṃ śmaśānam| svastikākāreṇa sambadhyamānaṃ mārgadvayaṃ catuṣpathaḥ| iriṇam ūṣarapradeśaḥ| etebhyaḥ pratyekaikaṃ piṇḍaṃ gṛhṇīyāt| sambhāryaṃ ca navamam, aṣṭabhyo'pi vedyādibhyo leśaṃ leśaṃ mṛdaḥ sambhṛtya, navamaṃ kuryādityarthaḥ| vedyādibhya uddhṛtānāṃ piṇḍānāmanumantraṇe mantramāha, ‘ṛtameve’ti| itiśabdaḥ sarvapratīkārthaḥ| parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ| ṛtaṃ satyaṃ nātyeti nātivartate kimapi| ataḥ so'tra sannihito bhūtvā satyaṃ dyotayatu| iyamapi vedyādirūpā pṛthivī ṛte āśritā| asāvityukte nāma pratīyāt| kanyā ucyate asau śobhāhatyādisaṃjñitā| iyaṃ pratyakṣatvena vartamānatvāt| idaṃ bhūyaḥ satyaprakāśayoḥ| - [Previous: 21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21.4) - [Next: 21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21.6) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.14.6) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.21.5) · Pramāṇa