[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) › 25.2 # Kathakagrihyasutra 25.2 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 25.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.25.2) nāḍyādīni sarvāṇi vāditrāṇi gandhodakena sugandhinopalipya pūrvaṃ kanyaiva pravādayate| vādyamāneṣu ca gururmantraṃ paṭhati| tatra nāḍīvaṃśaḥ, tūṇavo gomukho vādyaviśeṣaḥ| mantrārthastu he dundubhe paṭaha svanaṃ vāyuṃ vada vādaya śabdaṃ kāraya| kimartham| suprajastvāya satprajārtham| evaṃ he gomukha svanaṃ vadeti pūrvavat| prakrīḍantu anyonyaṃ kanyāḥ sakhibhūtāḥ prakrāntavivāhayā kanyayā sahitāḥ| tā api hi kanyā eva bhavitumarhanti samānaśīlānāṃ sakhitvasyānyonyāntaratvāt| kīdṛśaḥ kanyāḥ| sumanasyamānāḥ sumanaskā hṛṣṭā ityarthaḥ| indrāṇyā saha indrāṇyapyatrotsave krīḍitumavataratvityāśāsyate| sumaṅgalā maṅgalapradhānagītaghoṣiṇyaḥ| pūrvā virāṭ| uttarānuṣṭup| yā divyā divi bhavā āpo, yāśca antarikṣyā antarikṣe bhavāḥ, yāśca pārthivāsaḥ pārthivyaḥ, payasā sambabhūvuḥ, kṣīreṇa yajñopayoginā sambhṛtāḥ, tāsāṃ sarvāsāṃ rucā dīptyā varcasā ca sāreṇa balena he kanye tvāmabhiṣiñcāmi yajñena payasā varcasā saha yajñādiyogyāṃ ca karomītyarthaḥ| mitrasya mehanasya svargapaśuputrāderasau yajñādeśca vardhano yathā bhavati, tathā savitā āditya akarat tava karotu he kanye| indrāya suhutamastu| - [Previous: 25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.25.1) - [Next: 26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.26.1) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.25) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.17.2) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.25.2) · Pramāṇa