[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) › 44.1 # Kathakagrihyasutra 44.1 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 44.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.44.1) garbhagrahaṇādārabhya yastṛtīyo māsastatra śuklapakṣasya parvaṇi mukhye dine sīmantonnayanasaṃjñayā yaugikyā prasiddhaṃ yatsaṃskārakarma, tatkārayate, natu vidvānapi svayaṃ kuryāditi ṇicaḥ prayogāt darśitam | etacca pātrasyaiva kecitsaṃskāramicchanti ādhārasaṃskārādeva garbhasyopakāro bhaviṣyati golakasaṃskāreṇeva cakṣuṣa iti vadantaḥ| tathāca smṛtiḥ | ‘sakṛtsaṃskṛtasaṃskārāḥ sīmantena dvijastriyaḥ| yaṃ yaṃ garbhaṃ prasūyante sa sarvaḥ saṃskṛto bhavet ||’ iti| anye tu garbhasyaiva saṃskāraṃ manyante tatraiva tṛtīye garbhamāsa ityasyopapatteḥ| pātramātrasaṃskāratve hi kiṃ garbhamāsavyapekṣayā, yadā kadācitsīmanto vidhīyate, kāryaḥ sīmanta iti| smṛterapi - ‘gārbhairhomairjātakarmacauḍamauñjīnibandhanaiḥ| baijikaṃ gārbhikaṃ caino dvijānāṃ pratihanyate ||' (manu0 2.27) iti| apare tūbhayasaṃskāramāhuḥ| tatra kṣetrasaṃskāra evānumatatamaprāyo vedārthavidāṃ sakṛdanuṣṭhānasya prasiddhatvādvahutyena| yathoktamupasamādhānaṃ kṛtvā jayaprabhṛtibhirarājyabhāgāntaṃ hutvā, prakṛtasya āvasathyasya agreḥ paścādbhāge agredarbheṣu prāṅmukhyā upaviṣṭāyāḥ sarvān keśān samyak prakarṣeṇa muktān kṛtvā, kaṅkatena dārumayobhayadikkabhūritaradantayoginā vālaspaṣṭīkaraṇena prasādhayate spaṣṭīkaroti vakṣyamāṇābhistisṛbhiṛgbhiḥ | - [Previous: 43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.43.7) - [Next: 44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.44.2) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.44) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.31.1) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.44.1) · Pramāṇa