[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) › 55.17 # Kathakagrihyasutra 55.17 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 55.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.17) 'cittasya samo'sī'tyanena mantreṇa mekhalāgranthiṃ kṛtvā, śikhāvat yathā kulaprasiddhi 'trivṛtā granthinaikena tribhiḥ pañcabhireva vā|' (manu.2.43) ityādismaraṇāt mitrasyetyādi vācayannaiṇeyaṃ kṛṣṇamṛgasya sambandhi carma brāhmaṇāya prayacchatyupanetā, rājanyāya vyāghracarma, rurucarma vaiśyāya| mekhalāgranthau carmadāne ca trayāṇāṃ sādhāraṇau mantrau| 'cittasye'ti| he granthe tvaṃ cittasya samaścittena tulyo yathā brahmacāriṇaścittaṃ na calati vratādhyayanādiśuddhaṃ tiṣṭhati, tathā tvamapi na calasi yāvadbrahmacaryamavasthānāt| daivyo devānāṃ sambandhī tvaṃ granthiriti stutiḥ, tataśca mā visrasaḥ mukto mā bhūḥ| mitrasyeti triṣṭup | brahmacārī brūte | idamajinamahaṃ paridadheyaṃ paridadhe | kīdṛśam | mitrasyāhiṃsrasya hariṇasya ruroścakṣudarśanaṃ prasiddham| vaiyāghrapakṣe'pi vyāghro mitrameva rājño'bhimatacarmadānācchauryasmaraṇācca| dharuṇaṃ brahmacaryādikasya dhāraṇam| balāya brahmacaryasāmarthyārthaṃ paridadhe tejaḥ brahmavarcasasya tejaso nimittatvāt| yaśasvi yaśaskaram| sthaviraṃ vṛddhamiva gauravapātraṃ sthirataraṃ vā| samṛddhaṃ samṛddhikāri| anāhanasyam āhantīti āhanāḥ 'sarvadhātubhyo'sun' (u.638) ityasun, āhanasi sādhu āhanasyaṃ tatpratiṣedho'nāhanasyam| vasanamācchādanam| cariṣṇu gamanaśīlaṃ mṛgāvasthāyāmabhūt| vāji vājamannaṃ taddidyate'syeti vāji, tasminparihite brahmacaryāvasthāya bhaktyā'nnaṃ prayacchantīti tasyānnatvamupacaryate | - [Previous: 55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.16) - [Next: 55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.18) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.41.13) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.17) · Pramāṇa