[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) › 38 # Kathakagrihyasutra 38 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.38.1) he vadhu uttamamutkṛṣṭaṃ gṛhaṃ sucaritaṃ vā ārohantī, pṛtanyataḥ pṛtanāṃ senāmicchataḥ śatrūn vyasyantīva kṣipantīva, patyurbharturmūrddhānamadhiroha tasya svaguṇagaṇena mānyā bhavetyarthaḥ, tathā prajayā putrapautrādikayā viśeṣeṇa rājamānā bhava| ### [38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.38.2) he indra mīḍhvaḥ miha secane sektaḥ, garbhagrahaṇākhyāyā reta:sthiterindraprasādāyattatvādevaṃ sambodhanam, imāṃ vadhūṃ suputrāṃ saubhāgyayuktāṃ ca kuru| daśā'syāṃ putrānādhehi vidhehi ekādaśaṃ patiṃ sampādaya| ### [38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.38.3) he vadhu samrājñī śvaśure tvaṃ samrājñī mānanīyatamā samyagrājamānā bhava, tathā śvaśrvāṃ nanāndari ca bharturbhaginyāmevamadhidevṛṣu devareṣu| sajātāḥ bāndhavaparijanaprabhṛtayaḥ| devṝṇāṃ, 'chandasyubhayathā' (6.4.5) iti hrasvaḥ, madhyadeśe tu dīrghaḥ paṭhyate, devarāṇām| sarvaṃ gṛhagataṃ tavāyattamastvityarthaḥ| ata ūrdhvaṃ tvaṃ no agna ityāditantraparisamāptiḥ| atra bhartṛgṛhagamanāvasare madhuparkakāṇḍikā paṭhyate| sā ca snātakaprakaraṇe vyākhyāsyate| 44|| || iti jālandharīyajayapuravāstavyabhaṭṭopendrasūnuharipālaputradevapālaviracite samantrakāṭhagṛhyabhāṣye vivāhaprakaraṇaṃ samāptam|| || iti pañcaviṃśī kāṇḍikā| 25|| ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.25.47) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.38) · Pramāṇa