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# Kathakagrihyasutra 36

Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.1)

sūryāyā ārṣam| māntravarṇikī devatā| he patni ahaṃ te tava hastau gṛhṇāmi| kimartham| suprajāstvāya lokyaputrasiddhaye| tvaṃ ca mayā patyā bhartrā satā jaradaṣṭiryathāsaḥ bhavasi, tathā bhūyāḥ jarājarjaritadehā bhūyāḥ asamaye bhavatyāḥ pramayo mā bhūdityarthaḥ| amutra pakṣe jarayā dṛṣṭirupakṣayo yasyāḥ sā jaradaṣṭiḥ| tvā tvāṃ bhagādayaścatvāro devā adurdattavantaḥ gārhapatyāya gārhapatyārtham|

### [36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.2)

he pūṣan āditya asyāḥ priyāyāstāṃ śivatamāṃ matiṃ ā īrayasva prerayasva tanuṃ vā| yasyāṃ satyāmadhikaraṇabhūtāyāṃ bījaṃ reto manuṣyā vapanti kṣipanti| yā no'smānuśatī kāmayamānā satī ūrū viśrayāte vividhaṃ kṛtvā śrayāte samarpayati vitatayati vātmīyāvūrū| vayamapi yasyāmuśantaḥ kāmayamānāḥ santaḥ praharāma prakṣipāma śepaṃ prajananam, anyonyamāvayoḥ prītirastvityarthaḥ| tathāhyayamupakāro bhavati -

### [36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.3)

iyaṃ kanyā pūrvaṃ somasya sambandhinyāsīt| sa somo bhuktvemāṃ gandharvāyāādadat dadau, gandharvo'gnaye| agnirmahyaṃ samprati dadātu| na kevalamimāṃ yāvatā rayiṃ dhanaṃ putrāṃścāgnirmahyaṃ dadātu agnirimāṃ kanyāṃ mahyaṃ datvā putradhanasamṛddhāṃ karotvityarthaḥ| etamevārthaṃ caturthyarcā prapañcayati -

### [36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.4)

he kanye tvāṃ somaḥ prathamo vivide patistava babhūva prathamaḥ| tata uttaro dvitīyaḥ gandharvo vivide| tṛtīyo'gniste patistava patirbabhūva| turīyaścaturtho'haṃ manuṣyajo mānuṣyaḥ samprati bhavāmi |  
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### [36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.36.19)

gīyanta iti gāthāḥ viśiṣṭā eva ṛcaḥ| ata eva kāstā ityapekṣāyāṃ, sarasvati predamavetyanuvākamāha atrānuvāke yāḥ sthitāstā evetyarthaḥ| dvyantarasvarayuktāsu ca kāsucidṛkṣu gāthāśabdo rūḍhaḥ| yathoktam - 'chandogā bahvṛcāścaiva tathā vājasaneyinaḥ| uccanīcasvaraṃ prāhuḥ sa vai gāyika ucyate||' iti| ayaṃ samudāya pick - tato'nantaraṃ sarasvatītyanuvākaparicchinnā gāthā gururvaraṃ vācayati bhāṇayati| eke punarmanyante ubhāvapi kanyāvarau gāthā gururvācayati| kiṃ sarvadā| netyāha, yadi pṛthaktantramiti| atrāyamabhiprāyaḥ - vivāhodvāhau hi bhinne karmaṇī| kanyāsaṃskāro vivāhaḥ| varasaṃskāra udvāhaḥ| tatra yadi deśakālakartraikyāttantreṇetikartavyatā, tadā sakṛdekaṃ varameva bhāṇayati gāthāḥ svādhyāyiko guruḥ, yadi tu deśakālaikye'pi kanyāvarayorevādhikṛtatvādṛtvijo dakṣiṇayā krītatvāt kartṛbhedāttantrabhedastadobhāvapi vācayitavyau iti|

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.25.22) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit

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