History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.405

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¹²³⁵ This (the सप्तपदी-taking seven steps together) is the most important rite in the marriage saṁskāra. We have to understand ‘भव’ after each sentence ‘इष एकपदी भव ऊर्जे द्विपदी भव.’ These words occur in all gṛhyasūtras, e. g. vide Āp. M. P. I. 3. 7–14 and Āp. gṛ. 4. 15–16, Śāṅ. gṛ. I. 14. 6, Pār. gṛ. I. 8, Gobhila gṛ. II. 2. 11, Hir. gṛ. I. 21. 1 &c. But there are slight variations as well. For example, पारस्कर, भरद्वाज, हिरण्य० and शाङ्खायन substitute पश्ुभ्यः for प्रजाभ्यः, while the first three of these and मानव and बौधायनगृह्य add विष्णुस्त्वा नयतु (or विष्णुस्त्वान्वेतु in भरद्वाज) after each of the seven clauses. पारस्कर reads सखे सप्तपदा for सखा सप्तपदी.