विवाहःMarriage
Verse 239
वरोऽपि पात्रमादाय वामे पाणौ निधाय च । दक्षाङ्गुष्ठानामिकाभ्यां प्राणाहुत्युक्तमन्त्रकैः ॥ २३९ ॥
varō’pi pātramādāya vāmē pāṇau nidhāya ca | dakṣāṅguṣṭhānāmikābhyāṁ prāṇāhutyuktamantrakaiḥ || 239 ||
Translation
The bridegroom, taking the vessel and setting it in his left hand, with the thumb and ring finger of the right and the mantras of the offerings to the breaths,
Word by word
- varaḥ
- (varaḥ) the bridegroom
- api
- and
- pātram
- (pātram) the vessel
- ādāya
- having taken
- vāmē
- in the left
- pāṇau
- hand
- nidhāya
- having set
- ca
- and
- dakṣa
- of the right
- aṅguṣṭha
- with the thumb
- anāmikābhyāṁ
- and ring finger
- prāṇa
- to the breaths
- āhuti
- of the offering
- ukta
- told
- mantrakaiḥ
- with the mantras
Meaning
The prāṇāhuti mantras, as at the first feeding (verse 170).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Varo 'pi" and the rest. The bridegroom too, taking the madhuparka vessel and placing it in his left hand, with the thumb and ring finger of the right, with the mantras given for the offering to the breaths, "prāṇāya svāhā" and the restsmells the madhuparka five times, five times over, and holds that vessel, the madhuparka vessel, to the north. Having thus offered the madhuparka to the bridegroom, he should again have the bridegroom sip water.