Narada on the Giving of Daughters

Verse 1 (13.55.1)

श्रुतं वर्णावरैर्दत्तं हव्यं कव्यं च नारद । सम्प्रयोगे च पुत्राणां कन्यानां च ब्रवीहि मे ॥

śrutaṃ varṇāvarairdattaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca nārada | samprayoge ca putrāṇāṃ kanyānāṃ ca bravīhi me

I have heard, Narada, about oblations and offerings given by those of the lower classes. Now tell me about the joining of sons and daughters in marriage.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`मार्कण्डेय उवाच" (with a stray backtick) printed as the first line of the verse text; it is made the speaker. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 53-54, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0053-0054.

Verse 2 (13.55.2)

कन्याप्रदानं पुत्राणां स्त्रीणां संयोगमेव च । आनुपूर्व्यान्मया सम्यगुच्यमानं निबोध मे ॥

kanyāpradānaṃ putrāṇāṃ strīṇāṃ saṃyogameva ca | ānupūrvyānmayā samyagucyamānaṃ nibodha me

The giving of daughters in marriage, and the union of sons with women: hear this from me as I explain it fully and in order.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्राणां → पुत्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; CE putrāṇāṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 55-56, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0055-0056.

Verse 3 (13.55.3)

जातमात्रा तु दातव्या कन्यका सदृशे वरे । काले दत्तासु कन्यासु पिता धर्मेण युज्यते ॥

jātamātrā tu dātavyā kanyakā sadṛśe vare | kāle dattāsu kanyāsu pitā dharmeṇa yujyate

A girl should be given to a suitable bridegroom as soon as she is born; when daughters are given at the proper time, the father is bound to dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 57-58, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0057-0058.

Verse 4 (13.55.4)

यस्तु पुष्पवतीं कन्यां बान्धवो न प्रयच्छति । मासिमासि गते बन्धुस्तस्या भ्रौणघ्न्यमाप्नुते ॥

yastu puṣpavatīṃ kanyāṃ bāndhavo na prayacchati | māsimāsi gate bandhustasyā bhrauṇaghnyamāpnute

A kinsman who does not give away a maiden who has reached puberty incurs, month after month, the guilt of killing an embryo on her account.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 59-60, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0059-0060.

Verse 5 (13.55.5)

यस्तु कन्यां गृहे रुन्ध्याद्ग्राम्यैर्भोगैर्विवर्जिताम् । अवध्यातः स कन्याया बन्धुः प्राप्नोति भ्रूणहाम् ॥

yastu kanyāṃ gṛhe rundhyādgrāmyairbhogairvivarjitām | avadhyātaḥ sa kanyāyā bandhuḥ prāpnoti bhrūṇahām

A kinsman who keeps a maiden shut up at home, deprived of the pleasures of ordinary life, and neglects the girl, incurs the guilt of killing an embryo.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 61-62, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0061-0062.

Verse 6 (13.55.6)

दूषिता पाणिमात्रेण मृते भर्तरि दारिका । संस्कारं लभते नारी द्वितीये सा पुनः पतौ ॥

dūṣitā pāṇimātreṇa mṛte bhartari dārikā | saṃskāraṃ labhate nārī dvitīye sā punaḥ patau

A girl who has been tainted merely by the taking of her hand, and whose husband has died, receives the marriage rite again as a woman, with a second husband.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 63-64, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0063-0064.

Verse 7 (13.55.7)

पुनर्भूर्नाम सा कन्या सपुत्रा हव्यकव्यदा । अदूष्या सा प्रसूतीषु प्रजानां दारकर्मणि ॥

punarbhūrnāma sā kanyā saputrā havyakavyadā | adūṣyā sā prasūtīṣu prajānāṃ dārakarmaṇi

Such a girl is called a punarbhu; with a son she can give oblations and offerings. She is not to be reproached in childbearing, nor in the marriage rites among people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 65-66, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0065-0066.

Verse 8 (13.55.8)

या तु कन्या प्रसूयेत गर्भिणी या तु वा भवेत् । कथं दारक्रियां भूयः सा भवेदृषिसत्तम ॥

yā tu kanyā prasūyeta garbhiṇī yā tu vā bhavet | kathaṃ dārakriyāṃ bhūyaḥ sā bhavedṛṣisattama

"And a girl who gives birth, or who becomes pregnant: how, O best of sages, can she enter marriage again?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 67-68, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0067-0068.

Verse 9 (13.55.9)

तत्वार्थनिश्चितं शब्दं कन्यका नयतेऽग्नये । तस्मात्कुर्वन्ति वै भावं कुमार्यस्ता न कन्यकाः ॥

tatvārthaniścitaṃ śabdaṃ kanyakā nayate'gnaye | tasmātkurvanti vai bhāvaṃ kumāryastā na kanyakāḥ

A maiden brings to the fire a word settled in its true meaning; for this reason they form that intention. They are kumaris, not kanyakas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 69-70, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0069-0070.

Verse 10 (13.55.10)

ब्रह्महत्यात्रिभागेन गर्भाधानविशोधितः । गृह्णीयात्तां चतुर्भागविशुद्धां सर्जनात्पुनः ॥

brahmahatyātribhāgena garbhādhānaviśodhitaḥ | gṛhṇīyāttāṃ caturbhāgaviśuddhāṃ sarjanātpunaḥ

One who has been cleansed, through the conception, of three parts of the guilt of brahmin-slaying should take her, who is purified of the fourth part after the birth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 71-72, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0071-0072.

Verse 11 (13.55.11)

कथं कन्यासु ये जाता बन्धूनां दूषिताः सदा । कस्य ते हव्यकव्यानि प्रदास्यन्ति महामुने ॥

kathaṃ kanyāsu ye jātā bandhūnāṃ dūṣitāḥ sadā | kasya te havyakavyāni pradāsyanti mahāmune

"Those born of maidens, who are always held blemished by their kin: to whom, O great sage, will they give oblations and offerings?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 73-74, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0073-0074.

Verse 12 (13.55.12)

कन्यायास्तु पितुः पुत्राः कानीना हव्यकव्यदाः । अन्तर्वत्न्यास्तु यः पाणिं गृह्णीयात्स सहोढजः ॥

kanyāyāstu pituḥ putrāḥ kānīnā havyakavyadāḥ | antarvatnyāstu yaḥ pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīyātsa sahoḍhajaḥ

"The sons of a maiden belong to her father: they are called kaninas, and they give oblations and offerings. And the son of a man who takes the hand of a pregnant woman is a sahodhaja."

Note on the text: Corrected अन्तर्वत्नयास्तु → अन्तर्वत्न्यास्तु (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive of अन्तर्वत्नी "pregnant woman" is अन्तर्वत्न्याः; CE antarvatnyās). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 75-76, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0075-0076.

Verse 13 (13.55.13)

अथ येनाहितो गर्भः कन्यायां तत्र नारद । कथं पुत्रफलं तस्य भवेदेतत्प्रचक्ष्व मे ॥

atha yenāhito garbhaḥ kanyāyāṃ tatra nārada | kathaṃ putraphalaṃ tasya bhavedetatpracakṣva me

"And if a child has been conceived in a maiden by someone, O Narada, how would the fruit of a son come to him? Tell me this."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 77-78, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0077-0078.

Verse 14 (13.55.14)

धर्माचारेषु ते नित्यं दूषकाः कृतशोधनाः । बीजं च नश्यते तेषां मोघचेष्टा भवन्ति ते ॥

dharmācāreṣu te nityaṃ dūṣakāḥ kṛtaśodhanāḥ | bījaṃ ca naśyate teṣāṃ moghaceṣṭā bhavanti te

"Those men who are always defilers in matters of dharma, even though they have made their purifications: their seed is destroyed and their efforts come to nothing."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 79-80, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0079-0080.

Verse 15 (13.55.15)

अथ काचिद्भवेत्कन्या क्रीता दत्ता हृताऽपि वा । कथं पुत्रकृतं तस्यास्तद्भवेदृषिसत्तम ॥

atha kācidbhavetkanyā krītā dattā hṛtā'pi vā | kathaṃ putrakṛtaṃ tasyāstadbhavedṛṣisattama

"And if some maiden has been bought, or given, or carried off, how, O best of sages, would the matter of sons stand for her?"

Note on the text: Corrected तद्भवेद्दषिसत्तम → तद्भवेदृषिसत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; दषि is not a word; CE bhaved ṛṣisattama). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 81-82, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0081-0082.

Verse 16 (13.55.16)

क्रीता दत्ता हृता चैव या कन्या पाणिवर्जिता । कौमारी नाम सा भार्या प्रसवेदौरसान्सुतान् । न पत्न्यर्थे शुभा प्रोक्ता तत्कर्मण्यपराजिते ॥

krītā dattā hṛtā caiva yā kanyā pāṇivarjitā | kaumārī nāma sā bhāryā prasavedaurasānsutān | na patnyarthe śubhā proktā tatkarmaṇyaparājite

"A maiden who has been bought, given or carried off, but not taken by the hand, is called a kaumari wife, and she may bear legitimate sons. But she is not declared fit to be a wife, nor for that rite, O unvanquished one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 83-85, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0083-0085.

Verse 17 (13.55.17)

केन मङ्गलकृत्येषु विनियुज्यन्ति कन्यकाः । एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं तत्वेनेह महामुने ॥

kena maṅgalakṛtyeṣu viniyujyanti kanyakāḥ | etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ tatveneha mahāmune

"By what means are maidens employed in auspicious rites? I wish to know this truly, here, O great sage."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 86-87, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0086-0087.

Verse 18 (13.55.18)

नित्यं निवसते लक्ष्मीः कन्यकासु प्रतिष्ठिता । शोभना शुभयोग्या च पूज्या मङ्गलकर्मसु ॥

nityaṃ nivasate lakṣmīḥ kanyakāsu pratiṣṭhitā | śobhanā śubhayogyā ca pūjyā maṅgalakarmasu

"Lakshmi dwells always, firmly established in maidens. A maiden is splendid, fit for auspicious ends, and to be honoured in auspicious rites.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 88-89, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0088-0089.

Verse 19 (13.55.19)

आकरस्थं यथा रत्नं सर्वकामफलोपगम् । तथा कन्या महालक्ष्मीः सर्वलोकस्य मङ्गलम् ॥

ākarasthaṃ yathā ratnaṃ sarvakāmaphalopagam | tathā kanyā mahālakṣmīḥ sarvalokasya maṅgalam

As a gem in a mine yields every desired fruit, so a maiden is Mahalakshmi, an auspice for the whole world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 90-91, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0090-0091.

Verse 20 (13.55.20)

एवं कन्या परा लक्ष्मी रतिस्तोषश्च देहिनाम् । महाकुलानां चारित्रवृत्तेन निकषोपलम् ॥

evaṃ kanyā parā lakṣmī ratistoṣaśca dehinām | mahākulānāṃ cāritravṛttena nikaṣopalam

Thus a maiden is supreme Lakshmi, the delight and contentment of embodied beings, and the touchstone of the conduct of great families.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 92-93, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0092-0093.

Verse 21 (13.55.21)

आनयित्वा स्वकाद्वर्णात्कन्यकां यो भजेन्नरः । दातारं हव्यकव्यानां पुत्रकं या प्रसूयति ॥

ānayitvā svakādvarṇātkanyakāṃ yo bhajennaraḥ | dātāraṃ havyakavyānāṃ putrakaṃ yā prasūyati

A man who brings a maiden from his own class and weds her: she bears a son who will be a giver of oblations and offerings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 94-95, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0094-0095.

Verse 22 (13.55.22)

साध्वी कुलं वर्धयति साध्वी पुष्टिर्गृहे परा । साध्वी लक्ष्मी रतिः साक्षात्प्रतिष्ठा सन्ततिस्तथा ॥

sādhvī kulaṃ vardhayati sādhvī puṣṭirgṛhe parā | sādhvī lakṣmī ratiḥ sākṣātpratiṣṭhā santatistathā

A virtuous wife makes the family grow; a virtuous wife is the highest prosperity in the home. A virtuous wife is Lakshmi, delight, standing and posterity in person."

Note on the text: Corrected पुष्टिग्रहे → पुष्टिर्गृहे (misprint in Wikisource; "puṣṭigrahe" makes no sense here; CE puṣṭir gṛhe). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: CE Appendix I No. 7A, lines 96-97, printed inline after 13.22.19 as 13.22.19d@007A_0096-0097.