[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) › [Vadhulagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula) › 36.16 # Vadhulagrihyasutra 36.16 Vādhūlagṛhyasūtra 36.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36.16) athaitenāpūpenānnavatā dhṛtavratāya16 dadyāt| yadyu vā'nnaṃ na syādapūpenaiva pariviṣet17| pariviṣyodakāya gatvodakāñjalidānenodakāñjaliṃ dadāti'eṣa te tata madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvān yāvānagniśca pṛthivī ca tāvatyasya mātrā 18(tāvānasya (mahimā)) 19 tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ nayāmi yathā'gnirakṣito'nupadasta20 evaṃ mahyaṃ21 \[tatāya pitre'kṣito'nupadastaḥ svadhā bhavatāṃ tvaṃ svadhāmakṣitaṃ taiḥ sahopa\]22jīvarcaste mahimā'; 'eṣa te pitāmaha madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvān yāvān vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ ca tāvatyasya mātrā (tāvānasya mahimā) 23 tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ nayāmi yathā vāyurakṣito'nupadasta¹ evaṃ me pitāmahāya pitre'kṣito'nupadastaḥ svadhā = ²sahopa jīva yajūṃṣi te mahimā'; ³('eṣa te prapitāmaha madhumām̐ ūrmiḥ sarasvān yāvānādityaśca)³ dyauśca tāvatyasya mātrā (tāvānasya mahimā)⁴ tāvantamenaṃ bhūtaṃ nayāmi yathā''dityo'kṣito'nupadasta⁵ evaṃ me prapitāmahāya \[pitre'\]⁶ kṣito'nupadasta svadhā bhavatāṃ = sahopajīva sāmāni te mahimā' iti| etāvadevaitadahaḥkarma bhavati - [Previous: 36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36.15) - [Next: 36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36.17) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36) ## Linked texts (2) - [Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.3.5) — Agniveśa, Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.2.4.13.1) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vadhula.36.16) · Pramāṇa