[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) › 37.6 # Kathakagrihyasutra 37.6 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 37.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.6) sa prakṛto gandharvaḥ prajāpatiḥ he vadhu tvāṃ manmanasaṃ karotu iti vara āśāste madekacittāṃ pativratāṃ karotvityarthaḥ | kīdṛśaḥ saḥ | hiraṇyavarṇāḥ bhāsvaraprakāśaikarūpaḥ | vairampo vīrasya yogino mohavaicitryamohanasamarthasya karmavairaṃ, tat pāti rakṣatīti vairampaḥ | yat yaḥ sauśravaḥ śobhanabhūmadhyasaṃyamātratīto yogināṃ, rājā rājamānaḥ, samitiṃ saṃgrāmamiva samudramimaṃ saṃsāraduḥkhabhāraṃ yāti tārayatītyarthaḥ | ya eti sarvataḥ prāgbhyo diśa iti pañcamyāḥ sthāne vyatyayena prathamā | kecitprāgbhyo viśa iti paṭhanti, tatra chāndaso varṇavyatyayaḥ | purāṇataracchāndasāstu paṭhanti prāgvādibhyo'dhipavamāna iti, arthaṃ ca vyācakṣate prāk prathamaṃ vāti vāyate vā gacchati prāgvā, sarvābhyaḥ sarvato digbhyaḥ pavamāna etīti | ‘vicchinnasampradāyeṣu śātādhyayanavartiṣu | mantreṣvapauruṣeyeṣu yathecchaṃ parikalpanāt || pāṭhānāṃ gatyabhāvena yathādṛṣṭi pradarśanam | kriyamāṇaṃ satāmagyrairnopālabhyaṃ kathañcana ||’ - [Previous: 37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.5) - [Next: 37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.7) - [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.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.6) · Pramāṇa