[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) › 37.3 # Kathakagrihyasutra 37.3 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 37.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.3) ya iha pūrve janāḥ, ya iha jagati pūrve janā abhūvan, tatpūrvatarebhyo'pi ca pūrve, tebhyo'pi purā gandharvo mūrdhanvānnāmnāsīt| kiṃ bahunā, devebhyo'pi yaḥ purā ātapat prakāśitavān brahmarūpa ityarthaḥ| gāṃ sarasvatīṃ dhārayati vṛṇoti ca gandharvaḥ| sarasvatī vāgātmikeyamadhigīyamānā kanyā, prajāpatirūpo gandharvo vara iti prarocanārthaḥ| - [Previous: 37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.2) - [Next: 37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.4) - [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.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.3) · Pramāṇa