[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) › 55.23 # Kathakagrihyasutra 55.23 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 55.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.23) he brahmacārin prajāpataye parirakṣārthamahaṃ tvā dadāmi devāya savitre'ntarātmane bṛhaspataye vāgvai bṛhatī, tasyāḥ patirātmā, tasmai dadāmīti samānam| asāviti ācāryanāmapradarśanārtham| he deva svaprakāśatayā dyotamāna| he savitaḥ abhimatavratādijanayitaḥ eṣa brahmacārī te tava sambandhī, taṃ gopāyasva pālaya| dīrghāyuḥ so'stu, mā mṛta maraṇaṃ mā bhūdasya| pratyakṣe'pi parokṣanirdeśo vaidiko vyatyayaḥ | - [Previous: 55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.22) - [Next: 55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.24) - [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.41.17) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.23) · Pramāṇa