विवाहःMarriage
Verse 240
पञ्चधाघ्राय तत्पात्रमुदीच्यां दिशि धारयेत् । मधुपर्कं समर्प्यैवं पुनराचामयेद्वरम् ॥ २४० ॥
pañcadhāghrāya tatpātramudīcyāṁ diśi dhārayēt | madhuparkaṁ samarpyaivaṁ punarācāmayēdvaram || 240 ||
Translation
smells it five times and sets the vessel to the north. Having offered the madhuparka in this way, the giver has the bridegroom sip water again.
Word by word
- pañcadhā
- five times
- āghrāya
- having smelled
- tat
- (tat) that
- pātram
- (pātram) vessel
- udīcyāṁ
- northern
- diśi
- in the direction
- dhārayēt
- should set
- madhuparkaṁ
- the madhuparka
- samarpya
- having offered
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- ācāmayēt
- (ācāmayet) should have sip
- varam
- (varam) the bridegroom
Meaning
The madhuparka is honoured by smelling it with the five mantras, then set aside.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 239.