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# Kathakagrihyasutra 41.4

Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 41.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.41.4)

rohiṇyā mūlena vā nakṣatreṇa yukte candramasīti jñeyam| yadvā puṇyoktaṃ jyotiḥ śāstre puṇyarūpaṃ śreyaskaraṃ yaddinamuktaṃ, tatra vā| apareṇāgniṃ prakṛtatvādāvasathyam, anaḍuha idamānaḍuhaṃ vārṣabhaṃ tatra, rohite carmaṇyupaveśya vadhūṃ varaḥ svayaṃ copaviśya, kevaleṣu vā darbheṣu vadhūmrupaveśya svayaṃ copaviśya jayahomaprabhṛtikamājyabhāgāntamājyasādhanatvādārthādājyadharmayuktamupasamādhānādipūrvakaṃ hutvā, agniraitu prathama ityādibhiśca karmāntarāṇi kuryāt| kāni tāni| pākayajñā arthāt||  
tava kumāro bālakaḥ stanandhayaḥ stanapaḥ mā pramāyi mā mṛta| mā ca tvaṃ vikeśī muṇḍā satī uro vakṣa āvadhiṣṭhāḥ bhartṛvirahakṛtamurastāḍanaṃ tava mā bhūdityarthaḥ| tava stanandhayaṃ savitā abhirakṣatu bṛhaspatiśca abhirakṣatu ā vāsasaḥ paridhānāt paridhānavastraparyantaṃ yāvat rakṣatu, viśve devāśca nityamabhirakṣantu|  
prāyaścittaṃ pāpanivāraṇaṃ dharmajananaṃ ca karmocyate| tatkāraṇatvādagniḥ prāyaścittiḥ| he agne prāyaścitte tvaṃ devānāṃ prāyaścittirdoṣāpasāre śubhajanane ca nimittamato'syāṃ vadhvāṃ yā bhṛśā apavitrā atiśayena bījavaśena bālabhāvakṛtakuceṣṭāvaśena ca tanū-  
stāmasyā vadhvā nāśaya tadgatamaśubhaṃ nāśaya| varasya hi gārbhabaijikadoṣā jātakamīdibhirnāśitāḥ, vadhvāstu tāni prāyeṇa na kṛtāni - gārbhairhomairjātakarmacauḍamauñjīnibandhanaiḥ| baijikaṃ gārbhikaṃ caino dvijānāṃ pratihanyate|| (manuḥ 2.27) iti smṛteḥ| enaḥ pāpamaśuddhiḥ||  
etāni sānuṣaṅgāṇi parāṇi pañca yajūṃṣi apakrameṇa| tenargbhiścatasṛbhiścatasro, yajurbhiśca daśabhirdaśeti caturdaśāhutayaḥ sampannāḥ, tryāyuṣamityanena pañcadaśī, - ityādityadarśanaḥ| sa ājyaikadeśe yo'nena yajuṣā vakṣyamāṇa āsekastāmevāhutiṃ manyate mantrāvṛttiṃ vā|

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.28.4) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit

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