विवाहःMarriage
Verse 233
रात्रौ प्रतिश्रुतं पात्रं गीतवाद्यपुरःसरम् । छायामण्डपमानीय उपवेश्य वरासने ॥ २३३ ॥
rātrau pratiśrutaṁ pātraṁ gītavādyapuraḥsaram | chāyāmaṇḍapamānīya upavēśya varāsanē || 233 ||
Translation
At night, bringing the promised bridegroom into the shaded pavilion with song and music going before, and seating him on the best seat
Word by word
- rātrau
- at night
- pratiśrutaṁ
- the promised
- pātraṁ
- bridegroom
- gīta
- song
- vādya
- and music
- puraḥsaram
- going before
- chāyā
- shaded
- maṇḍapam
- (maṇḍapam) into the pavilion
- ānīya
- having brought
- upavēśya
- having seated
- vara
- the best
- āsanē
- on the seat
Meaning
The bridegroom, the "promised vessel" (pratiśruta pātra), is brought in procession.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Rātrau" and the rest. Then at night, bringing the bridegroom (pātra, vara) who has been promised (pratiśruta, accepted), with song and music going before, to the shaded pavilion, and seating him on the best seat (varāsana, the finest stool), facing Vāsava's quarter, facing east, the giver of the girl (dātā) should sit facing west. The giver, seated facing west, having sipped water (ācamana), says, "In this auspicious rite of marriage that is to be done, may you, sirs, say svasti"; and with the brāhmaṇas he recites the svasti, "svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ" and the rest. Then, saying "In this auspicious rite of marriage that is to be done, may you, sirs, declare ṛddhi (prosperity)"together with them he should have the ṛddhi said, "ṛdhyatām ṛdhyatām ṛdhyatām" ("may it prosper", three times).