[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) › 32.20 # Kathakagrihyasutra 32.20 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 32.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32.20) niścite'pi yadiśabdo dṛṣṭaḥ 'yadi vedāḥ pramāṇam' iti yathā| uktāmitikartavyatāṃ vidhāya gāmutsṛjet na hanyādityarthaḥ, mātā rudrāṇāmityādi ca paṭhet| iyaṃ gau rudrāṇāmantarikṣacāriṇāṃ devatāviśeṣāṇāṃ mātā paripoṣikā payaḥprabhavāhutidvārakavṛṣṭyādidvāreṇa, vasūnāṃ vāsayitṝṇāmoṣadhīnāṃ bhūmijānāṃ duhitā poṣaṇīyā, ādityānāṃ svasā bhaginī adititanayā, ato'haṃ pranuvocaṃ cikituṣe janāya, nuśabdo niścaye, niścayaṃ kṛtvā pravadāmi cikituṣe caitanyātiśayavate janāya| kiṃ vadāmi| he viśasitāraḥ gāṃ mā vadhiṣṭa| kīdṛśīm| anāgāmapāpām, aditiṃmakhaṇḍitāṃ dainyaśūnyāṃ vā| kutaḥ| yasmādiyaṃ śobhanaṃ yavasaṃ ghāsamattīti sūyavasāt| kiñca he gauḥ bhago dhanaṃ payo yaśaśca vidyate yasyāḥ sā bhagavatī payasvinī tvaṃ bhūyāḥ, tathā vayamapi tvatprasādāt bhagavanto dhanayuktāḥ yaśasvinaśca syāma| he aghnye'nupahiṃsite tṛṇamaddhi bhuṅkṣva| yatastvaṃ viśvadānī sarvasya dātrī payodvāreṇa| piva śuddhamudakamā samantāt carantī viharantī| - [Previous: 32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32.19) - [Next: 32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32.23) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.24.19) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.32.20) · Pramāṇa