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# Kathakagrihyasutra 55.8

Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 55.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.55.8)

eṣa brāhmaṇasya paridhāpane mantraḥ somapadālliṅgāditarayoḥ somasambandhābhāvāt - 'yadi rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ vā yājayennyagrodhatatīrāhṛtya, tāḥ sampiṣya, dadhyutsṛjya, tadasmai bhakṣaṃ prayacchetra somam' iti śruteḥ| he māṇavaka etadvāsaḥ paridadhmasi, 'idantomasi' (7.1.46) itīdantaḥ| paridadhmaḥ paridhāpayāmaḥ, somameva cemaṃ paridhāpayāmaḥ, tvayā anenopanayanadvāreṇa soma eva hi parihito dhṛto vedastadarthābhyāsadvāreṇa bhaviṣyati| kimarthaṃ paridhāpayāmaḥ| tejase mahe, mahate, pūjārthaṃ vā, 'maha-pūjāyām' ityasya rūpam| śrotrāya-śrūyate iti śrotraṃ vedaḥ, tadarthaṃ vedavedārthādhigamāya, athavā śrotrāya śrotrayuktāya śiṣyāya vedapāraṅgamastvamupādhyāyaḥ śrotriyebhyo hitaḥ sampadyasveti tātparyam| yathainaṃ vāso viśeṣaṃ jarasaṃ nayat jarāṃ nayati māṇavakaḥ, tathā ca paridhāpanena paridhāpayāmaḥ, yathā bahūni vastrāṇi bhogena  
jarayiṣyati, tathā'haṃ paridhāpayāmīti yāvat| jyok cirakālaṃ śrotrāya vedāya jāgarat jāgṛhi| bahukālaṃ vedatadarthajāgaraṇaṃ paṭhanabodhānuṣṭhānātmakaṃ tavāstvityarthaḥ| jyok śrotre'dhijāgarat bahukālaṃ śiṣyebhyo jāgṛhi| upadiśa atiśayena paropakāraprakṛṣṭadharmakatvāt|

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.41.7) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit

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