[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) › 37.21 # Kathakagrihyasutra 37.21 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 37.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.21) yā upari parvate girau meghe vā vidyudrūpeṇa madhyamavāgrūpeṇa vā ātmanā svena rūpeṇa ramamāṇeva krīḍantīva tiṣṭhati sarasvatī, sā he vadhu asi bhavasi tvaṃ, nāsti naḥ saṃśayaḥ| kīdṛśī| kṣaumamṛdvī dukūlavatkomalā jalavṛṣṭidānenārthāmidhānena vā| ha vai iti nipātau pādapūraṇau| evaṃ ca sati vadhūṃ vadati varaḥ - yatastvaṃ sarasvatī, tena tvayā ūto rakṣitaḥ sannahamojasi sati śṛṇomi ākarṇayāmi| sakalaṃ kartavyaṃ śrutismṛtivihitaṃ kartavyatayā vyavasyāmi sahadharmacāriṇyāstava lābhabalenetyarthaḥ| kecittu śṛṇottviti paṭhanti| tatrāpyayaṃ madātmā śṛṇottvityarthaḥ| iti sārasvatānuvākavivṛtiḥ| tato gāthā vācayati sarasvati predamavetyanuvākamubhāvityeke yadi pṛthaktantramiti vivṛtamiyatā| yadi pṛthaktantramityuttarasūtreṇāpi sambadhyate| karmaśabdaḥ prayogavacanaḥ| tantramitikartavyatā vidhyantā| sakṛdanuṣṭhīyamānetikartavyatopakārapakṣe uttareṇāgniṃ pratyetya pradakṣiṇamakṛtvaiva uttarabhāgenaiva katipayakramān gatvā pratyāgatya tato vivāhaḥ vivāhāṅgatayā vakṣyamāṇānāmṛtutithyādīnāṃ prayogaḥ| tantreṇa codvāhopakāroktānāṃ vakṣyamāṇānāṃ ca āvṛttyānuṣṭhānamityarthaḥ| ekakarmaṇi tantre vivāhodvāhalakṣaṇa ityapi kecitpadiyojanāṃ kurvanti| eta eva tantrāvṛttī spaṣṭārthamekenaiva sūtreṇa vivarītumāha - - [Previous: 37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.20) - [Next: 37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.22) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.25.23) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.21) · Pramāṇa