[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) › 35.17 # Kathakagrihyasutra 35.17 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 35.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.35.17) agnerudīcyāṃ diśi darbhāstīrṇe deśe prāṅmukhīṃ kanyāmavasthāpya gururdevasya ta ityādinā mantreṇa kanyāyāḥ sambandhinaṃ hastaṃ grāhayatītyadhāhartavyaṃ samānakartṛkatvārtham| kena prayujya grāhayatītyapekṣāyāmarthādvareṇopayantreti yojyam| sacopayantā guruṇānujñātastaṃ gṛhṇāti| kīdṛśo voḍhā gṛhṇāti| śuciḥ karagrahaṇe'dhikṛtaḥ dharmopayoginī mameyamiti śuddhasaṅkalpaḥ, pratyaṅmukhaḥ kanyāyāḥ purastādagre sthitaḥ san| 'prāṅmukhaḥ sarvakarmāṇi kurvīta' ityasyāpavādārthaṃ pratyaṅmukha iti| dakṣiṇaṃ lokaprasiddhaṃ, sāṅguṣṭhamaṅguṣṭhasahitamuttānaṃ nīcā dakṣiṇena nitāntamaśnāti ceṣṭāsu pragalbhate nyak dakṣiṇastena| yathoktaṃ dhanurvede 'pūrvaṃ vāmena śikṣeta pūrvasiddho hi dakṣiṇaḥ|' iti| nyañcatīti nyak tena nīcā nyagbhūtenetyāvṛttyā yojyam| ariktaṃ sābharaṇam, asambhave suvarṇakarṇikādi- yuktam, atidaurgatye puṣpaphalādisahitam | arikteneti tadvat| evaṃ savyena savyamiti samastasya mantrāderatideśaḥ| he kanye te tavāhaṃ hastaṃ gṛhṇāmi, devasyāntarātmanaḥ savituḥ vaidikakarmāṇi cikīrṣoḥ prasave'nujñāyāṃ vartamānaḥ ādityasya vā savituḥ prasave'nujñāyāṃ vartamāno'śvinorbāhubhyāṃ natvātmīyābhyāṃ carmamayābhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāṃ gṛhṇāmi| - [Previous: 35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.35.16) - [Next: 36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.1) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.35) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.25.21) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.35.17) · Pramāṇa