विवाहःMarriage
Verse 232
विवाहाह्नि कृतस्नानः कृतनित्यक्रियः कृती । पञ्चदेवान् समभ्यर्च्य गौर्यादिमातृकास्तथा । वसोर्धारां कल्पयित्वा वृद्धिश्राद्धं समाचरेत् ॥ २३२ ॥
vivāhāhni kṛtasnānaḥ kṛtanityakriyaḥ kṛtī | pañcadēvān samabhyarcya gauryādimātṛkāstathā | vasōrdhārāṁ kalpayitvā vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ samācarēt || 232 ||
Translation
On the wedding day, having bathed and done his daily rites, the able one should worship the five gods and the Mothers, Gaurī and the rest, make the stream of wealth, and perform the vṛddhi-śrāddha.
Word by word
- vivāha
- of the wedding
- ahni
- on the day
- kṛta
- done
- snānaḥ
- (snānaḥ) having bathed
- nitya
- daily
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) rites
- kṛtī
- the able one
- pañca
- the five
- dēvān
- gods
- samabhyarcya
- having worshipped
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- ādi
- and the rest
- mātṛkāḥ
- (mātṛkāḥ) the Mothers
- tathā
- and
- vasōḥ
- (vasoḥ) of wealth
- dhārāṁ
- the stream
- kalpayitvā
- having made
- vṛddhi
- of increase
- śrāddhaṁ
- the śrāddha
- samācarēt
- should perform
Meaning
Vivāha, marriage, the tenth sacrament. The giver of the bride, the girl's father, begins with the usual opening worship.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the act of marriage (udvāha) with "vivāhāhni" and the rest.