History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.167

v2.c23.167

⁵²⁰ The words of the आप. गृ. 14. 7–8 are यवान् विरूढानाबध्य वाचं यच्छत्यानक्षत्रेभ्यः । उदितेषु नक्षत्रेषु प्राचीमुदीचीं वा दिशमुपनिष्क्रम्य वत्समन्वारभ्य व्याहृतीश्च जपित्वा वाचं विसृजेत् ।. The S. B. E. vol. XXX p. 280 translates ‘he ties barley grains with young shoots to the head of the wife; then she keeps silence until the stars appear’. But this is wrong. Throughout this section the performer (kartā) is the husband; even in the 7th sūtra grammar requires that if the kartā of tying the garland (‘ābadhya’) is the husband then the kartā of ‘visṛjet’ also must be the husband. Sudarśana notes (in his com.) that some read the sūtras as ‘वाचं यच्छत आ नक्षत्रेभ्यः... विसृजतः’ (in the dual); then both husband and wife have to observe silence. He also notes that according to some the actions from tying the yava onwards spoken of by Āp. are done by the wife herself and not by the husband.