Kāmasūtra · Chapter 3.1

sa:varnāyām an:anyapūrvāyāṃ śāstrato 'dhigatāyāṃ dharmo 'rthaḥ putrāḥ saṃbandhaḥ pakṣa-vṛddhir an:upaskṛtā((60)) ratiś ca((61)).

tasmāt kanyām abhijanopetāṃ mātā-pitṛmatīṃ tri-varṣāt prabhṛti nyūna-vayasaṃ ślāghyācāre dhanavati pakṣavati kule saṃbandhi-priye saṃbandhibhir ākule prasūtāṃ prabhūta-mātṛ-pitṛ-pakṣāṃ rūpa-śīla-lakṣaṇa-saṃpannām a:nyūnādhikā:vinaṣṭa-danta-nakha- karṇa-keṣākṣi-stanīm a:rogi-prakṛti-śarīrāṃ tathā:vidha eva śrutavāñ śīlayet((62)).

yā gṛhītvā kṛtinam ātmānaṃ manyeta na ca samānair nindyeta tasyāṃ pravṛttir iti ghoṭakamukhaḥ.

tasyā varaṇe mātā-pitarau saṃbandhinaś ca prayateran. mitrāṇi ca gṛhīta-vākyāny ubhaya-saṃbaddhāni.

tāny anyeṣāṃ varayitṝṇāṃ doṣān pratyakṣān āgamikāṃś ca śrāvayeyuḥ. kaulān pauruṣeyān abhiprāya-saṃvardhakāṃś ca nāyaka-guṇān. viśeṣataś ca kanyā-mātur anukūlāṃs tadātvāyati-yuktān darśayeyuḥ.

daiva-cintaka-rūpaś ca śakuna-nimitta-graha-lagna-bala-lakṣaṇa-darśanena nāyakasya bhaviṣyantam artha-saṃyogaṃ kalyāṇam anuvarṇayet.

apare punar asyānyato viśiṣṭena kanyā-lābhena kanyā-mātaram unmādayeyuḥ.

daiva-nimitta-śakunopaśrutīnām ānulomyena kanyāṃ varayed dadyāc ca.

na yadṛcchayā kevala-mānuṣāyeti ghoṭakamukhaḥ.

suptāṃ rudatīṃ niṣkrāntāṃ varaṇe parivarjayet.

a:praśasta-nāmadheyāṃ ca guptāṃ dattāṃ ghonāṃ((63)) pṛṣatām((64)) ṛṣabhāṃ((65)) vinatāṃ vikaṭāṃ((66)) vimuṇḍāṃ((67)) śuci-dūṣitāṃ((68)) sāṃkarikīṃ((69)) rākāṃ((70)) phalinīṃ mitrāṃ svanujāṃ varṣakarīṃ ca varjayet.

nakṣatrākhyāṃ nadī-nāmnīṃ vṛkṣa-nāmnīṃ ca garhitām. la-kāra-rephopāntāṃ ca varaṇe parivarjayet..

yasyāṃ manaś-cakṣor nibandhas tasyām ṛddhiḥ. netarām ādriyeta. ity eke.

tasmāt pradāna-samaye kanyām udāra-veṣāṃ sthāpayeyuḥ. aparāhṇikaṃ ca. nityaṃ prāsādhitāyāḥ sakhībhiḥ saha krīḍā. yajña-vivāhādiṣu jana-saṃdrāveṣu prāyatnikaṃ darśanam. tathotsaveṣu ca. paṇya-sa:dharmatvāt.

varaṇārtham upagatāṃś ca bhadra-darśanān pradakṣiṇa-vācaś ca tat-saṃbandhi-saṅgatān puruṣān maṅgalaiḥ pratigṛhṇīyuḥ.

kanyāṃ caiṣām alaṃkṛtām anyāpadeśena darśayeyuḥ.

daivaṃ parīkṣaṇaṃ cāvadhiṃ sthāpayeyuḥ. ā pradāna-niścayāt.

snānādiṣu niyujyamānā varayitāraḥ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyatīty uktvā na tad-ahar evābhyupagaccheyuḥ.

deśa-pravṛtti-sātmyād vā brāhma-prājāpatyārṣa-daivānām anyatamena vivāhena śāstrataḥ pariṇayet.
iti varaṇavidhānam((71)).
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bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ.
samasyādyāḥ saha-krīḍā vivāhāḥ saṅgatāni ca. samānair eva karyāṇi nottamair nāpi vādhamair..

kanyāṃ gṛhītvā varteta preṣyavad yatra nāyakaḥ. taṃ vidyād ucca-saṃbandhaṃ parityaktaṃ manasvibhiḥ..

svāmivad vicared yatra bāndhavaiḥ svaiḥ puras:kṛtaḥ. a:ślāghyo hīna-saṃbandhaḥ so 'pi sadbhir vinindyate..

paraspara-sukhāsvādā krīḍā yatra prayujyate. viśeṣayantī cānyonyaṃ saṃbandhaḥ sa vidhīyate..

kṛtvāpi cocca-saṃbandhaṃ paścāj jñātiṣu saṃnamet. na tv eva hīna-saṃbandhaṃ kuryāt sadbhir vininditam((72))..