विवाहःMarriage
Verse 244
तथैव कन्यामुल्लिख्य ब्राह्मोद्वाहेन पण्डितः । दातुं भवन्तमित्युक्त्वा वृणेऽहमिति कीर्त्तयेत् ॥ २४४ ॥
tathaiva kanyāmullikhya brāhmōdvāhēna paṇḍitaḥ | dātuṁ bhavantamityuktvā vṛṇē’hamiti kīrttayēt || 244 ||
Translation
and naming the bride in the same way, the learned one, saying "to give her to you by the brāhma marriage", should declare "I choose".
Word by word
- tathaiva
- in the same way
- kanyām
- (kanyām) the bride
- ullikhya
- having named
- brāhma
- brāhma
- udvāhēna
- by the marriage
- paṇḍitaḥ
- (paṇḍitaḥ) the learned one
- dātuṁ
- to give
- bhavantam
- (bhavantam) you
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- having said
- vṛṇē
- choose
- aham
- (aham) I
- kīrttayēt
- should declare
Meaning
The formula ends: "... amukīṁ devīṁ kanyāṁ brāhmodvāhena dātuṁ bhavantam ahaṁ vṛṇe", "I choose you, sir, to give you the maiden so-and-so by the brāhma form of marriage". The brāhma marriage is the gift of the daughter to a worthy man, the first of the classic forms.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 241.