[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) › 47.5 # Kathakagrihyasutra 47.5 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 47.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47.5) agnerāyurasītyādinā mantreṇa hiraṇyena mukhaṃ medhyaṃ pavitraṃ kṛtvā jalāvilanena hastena mukhaṃ spṛṣṭvā bālakasya mātuḥ snānānanumantrayate prakṣālya bālakasya pitā, tadasannidhau purohita ekaikayā ṛcā ekaikam, uttamayānyayā tūbhau| tadapekṣameva bahuvacanaṃ stanānviti| madhu vāta iti dakṣiṇam, madhu naktamiti vāmam, madhumānna iti dvau| madhuśabdo jagatprajananasyāmṛtasya nityānandamayasya madhuvidyāprasiddhasya nāma mantratraye jñeyaḥ| ṛto yajñaḥ| yajñamicchati yaḥ sa ṛtāyacchabdena kyajantena śatrantena cocyate, ṛtāyate yajñamicchate yajamānāya vāto madhu astu amṛtatvakārī bhavatu| sindhavo nadyo madhu jalaṃ kṣaranti kṣarantu| oṣadhīḥ oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāntāḥ mādhvīrmadhurarasasaṃyuktā bhavantu| madhunaktam, utaśabdo'pyarthe, naktaṃ sandhyā, sāpi uṣasā rātryā saha madhvastu naḥ| pārthivaṃ rajaḥ pārthivalokaḥ madhumānastu| dyaurantarikṣaṃ madhvastu naḥ pitā| vanaspatayo madhumantaḥ santu, sūryaścāsmākaṃ madhumānastu, gāvaścāsmākaṃ mādhvīrmādhvyo madhumatyaḥ santu | - [Previous: 47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47.4) - [Next: 47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47.6) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.34.5) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.47.5) · Pramāṇa