[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) › 50.2 # Kathakagrihyasutra 50.2 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 50.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50.2) pratasyārṣam| indraḥ prajāpatirvā devatā| citraścitracaritaḥ prajāpatirindro vā no'smānkayā ūtyā ābhuvadābhāvayati janayati| avanamūtiḥ 'supāṃ sulukapūrvasavaṇṇāṃ...' (7.1.39) iti tṛtīyaikavacanasya pūrvasavarṇaikādeśaḥ ūtīśabdālluk ca| kīdṛśaḥ prajāpatiḥ| sakhā samānakhyānaḥ antaryāmī| kīdṛśānasmān| sadāvṛdhaḥ sarvakālaṃ vṛddhiyuktān| kayā vṛtā vartanenābhāvayati| kayā śaciṣṭhayā śaktyatiśayena caitanyātiśayena vā atiśayena śakitā śaciṣṭhā ‘turiṣṭhemeyaḥsu’ (6.4.154) iti tṛco lopaḥ, chāndaso varṇavyatyayaścakāraḥ, kena śaktyatiśayena vartayedityarthaḥ | sṛṣṭvādiśaktyatiśayayuktaḥ prajāpatirvṛddhiviṣaye kratāvasmābhirijyate, sa dṛṣṭyā prītaḥ san bālaṃ vṛddhyādisaṃyuktaṃ saṃpādayatviti tātparyārthaḥ| he prajāpate ko yajamānaḥ tvā matsat mādayati, andhaso'ndhasā haviṣā, dṛḍhā dṛḍhāni, vasu vasūni dhanāni, āruje ārujati vitarati dakṣiṇādidvāreṇa| kīdṛśo yajamānaḥ| satyaḥ uttamasattvaḥ, tathā madānāṃ maṃhiṣṭhaḥ hṛṣṭānmamānandayogināṃ madhye vṛddhatamaḥ paramānandayukto brahmasva bhāva ityarthaḥ| 'bahi-mahi-vṛddhau' iti dhātoḥ prakṛtitvaṃ maṃhiṣṭhaśabde iṣṭhannante| atrāpiprajāpatirdevatā | ahaṃ śṛṇve śṛṇomi vedāt | kiṃ tat | kāciddevasya prajāpateḥ śaktirlokottarāsti prajñā vā| kā| yayā śacyā śaktyā prajñayā vā sa ṛṣvo mahattamaḥ purusrc="https:// mahattamaḥ purusrc=" aṃhaḥ pāpaṃ muhurmuhuḥ punaḥpunaḥ kṛṇoti kṛntati nāśayati | kasmai | dāśuṣe yajamānāya | pāpaṃ ca nāśayitvā, anantaraṃ jaritre stotre dāśuṣe puru subahu draviṇaṃ dhanaṃ dadhāti dadāti karoti vā| kīdṛśaḥ prajāpatiḥ| śaciṣṭhaḥ śaktatamaḥ prājñatamo vā, vicayiṣṭhaḥ vividhaśaktinicayavattamaḥ | kayeti vyatyayena tṛtīyā prathamāsthāne| prajāpataye suhutamastu | prajāpate nahi tvaditi, asā amuṣyeti dvayaṃ vyākhyātam| brahmaṇa ārṣam| anena hiraṇyaṃ ghṛte'vadadhāti | he suvarṇa asi tvamagnerāyuḥ, āyātītyāyuḥ, agnerāgataṃ tvamutpannamityarthaḥ | tathāca śrutiḥ - 'agneryadretaḥ sicyate taddhiraṇ‍yamabhavat' iti| tasyaivaṃbhūtajananasya te tava manuṣyā āyuṣkṛta indhanādhmānanirmanthanajāgaraṇādinā manuṣyā agnerāyuḥ kurvanti, taddvāreṇa suvarṇasya| tena manuṣyāṇāmupakārakatvādasmai yajamānāya, amuṣmai ca bālakāyāyurdehi kuru vā| indro'tra devatā| indrasya prāṇaḥ, indraḥ prāṇasya svāmī, ataḥ sa indrastubhyaṃ prāṇaṃ dadātu| yasya prāṇastasmai indrāya te tubhyaṃ svāhā| pitṛdevatāko yataḥ pitṛsvāmikaḥ prāṇo'taste pitaraste tubhyaṃ prāṇaṃ dadatu| yeṣāṃ prāṇastebhyaḥ pitṛbhyo vo yuṣmākaṃ suhutamastu| prajāpatiḥ prāṇasya svāmī| sa tubhyaṃ prāṇaṃ dadātu| parameṣṭhī prāṇasya prabhuḥ| sa tubhyaṃ prāṇaṃ dadātu| ubhayoḥ prajāpatiparameṣṭhinoryayoḥ prāṇastābhyāṃ vāṃ yuvābhyāṃ svāhā| ghṛtaṃ nirucyate he ghṛta yat yasmāttvamasarpaḥ sṛptaṃ, tataḥ sarpirbhūtamāsa| yasmācca navaṃ pratyagraṃ sat aiḥ āgatamasi, tato navanītamucyase| yasmādadhriyathāstadbhūtaṃ bhūtamasi dhṛ dhāraṇe ityasya varṇavyatyaye ghṛtaśabdaḥ| viṣṇorārṣam| dhārāṃ panthāmiti prathamāyāḥ sthāne dvitīyā| yeyaṃ ghṛtasya dhārā, sā amṛtasya, amaraṇadharmasya panthā upāyaḥ| idaṃ hi ghṛtamindreṇa yajamānebhyo dattaṃ vṛṣṭyādidvāreṇa, prayataṃ ca marudbhiḥ prakarṣeṇa yataṃ niyamya sthāpitaṃ vacanādidvāreṇa| tat dīyamānaṃ niyamyamānaṃ ca tvāṃ viṣṇurapaśyat| tattvāmiḷā devatāviśeṣaḥ gavi airayannikṣiptavatī| pāvamānena stomena barhiṣpavamānādinā, gāyatryā varcā, vartanyā sāmāvayavena, upāṃśugrahasya vīryeṇa sāmarthyena uddharāmi tvām| asāviti nāma pratīyāt| gatārtham| agnerunnayāmīti vipariṇatasyānuṣaṅgaḥ, na tūddharāmītyasyānuṣaṅgaḥ ‘vyavayānnānuṣajyeta’ (pū.mī.2.49) iti nyāyāt| pāvamānenetyādi samuñcitaṃ mantratrayamāhuḥ suvarṇoddharaṇe bhinnākhyātatvena bhinnamantratvāt| anye tu ekamantratāṃ manyante| brahma vedaḥ| taddhyāyuṣmadavināśi| taddhi brāhmaṇairbrahmasambandhibhiradhyayanadhāraṇādibhiranucchittikarmakam| tasyāyamityādi pūrvavat| - [Previous: 50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50.1) - [Next: 50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50.3) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.36.14) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.50.2) · Pramāṇa