Kathakagrihyasutra 72.3

72.3

vasantādayaḥ pañca ṛtavaḥ, teṣāṃ viśeṣaṇaṃ madhumantīti svādurasavanta ityarthaḥ| yadvā madhumantītyanena śiśiramuktam, madhurvasanto'nantaro yasya sa madhumān, chāndaso liṅgavacanavyatyayaḥ| ete kīrtitā ṛtavaḥ pañca ṣaḍvā asmān suvite dadhāta śobhane mārge dadhatu sthāpayantu, vī gativyāptiprajanakāntyasanakhādaneṣu śobhanaṃ vītaṃ gamanaṃ yatra sa suvitaḥ, chāndaso hrasvaḥ| teṣāmṛtūnāṃ sumatau śobhanabuddhau vartamānā vayaṃ jyok cirakālamajītāḥ śatrubhiraparājitāḥ ahatāśca syāma| teṣāṃ kīdṛśānām| yajñiyānāṃ, yajñamarhantīti yajñiyāḥ, ‘yajñartvigbhyāṃ ghakhañau’ (5.1.71)|