विवाहःMarriage
Verse 234
वासवाभिमुखं दाता पश्चिमाभिमुखो विशेत् । आचम्य स्वस्तिमृद्धिञ्च कथयेद्ब्राह्मणैः सह ॥ २३४ ॥
vāsavābhimukhaṁ dātā paścimābhimukhō viśēt | ācamya svastimṛddhiñca kathayēdbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha || 234 ||
Translation
facing east, the giver should sit facing west; having sipped water, he should have the svasti and the ṛddhi said with the brāhmaṇas.
Word by word
- vāsava
- Indra's quarter (the east)
- abhimukhaṁ
- facing
- dātā
- the giver
- paścima
- the west
- abhimukhaḥ
- (abhimukhaḥ) facing
- viśēt
- should sit
- ācamya
- having sipped water
- svastim
- (svasti) the svasti
- ṛddhiṁ
- the ṛddhi
- ca
- and
- kathayēt
- (kathayet) should have said
- brāhmaṇaiḥ
- (brāhmaṇaiḥ) with the brāhmaṇas
- saha
- together
Meaning
The bridegroom faces east, the giver west. The giver asks the brāhmaṇas to pronounce svasti, "may it be well", with the Vedic svasti-vācana ("svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ..."), and ṛddhi, "may it prosper", three times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 233.