कन्यासंप्रदानम्The giving of the bride
Verse 249
प्राग्वत्त्रिपुरुषाख्यानं निमित्ताख्यानमेव च । आत्मनः काममुद्दिश्य चतुर्थ्यन्तं वरं वदेत् ॥ २४९ ॥
prāgvattripuruṣākhyānaṁ nimittākhyānamēva ca | ātmanaḥ kāmamuddiśya caturthyantaṁ varaṁ vadēt || 249 ||
Translation
As before, naming the three generations and the occasion, and naming his own wish, he should name the bridegroom in the dative;
Word by word
- prāgvat
- (prāgvat) as before
- tripuruṣa
- of the three generations
- ākhyānaṁ
- the naming
- nimitta
- of the occasion
- ākhyānam
- (ākhyānam) the naming
- ēva
- also
- ca
- and
- ātmanaḥ
- (ātmanaḥ) his own
- kāmam
- (kāmam) wish
- uddiśya
- naming
- caturthī
- the dative
- antaṁ
- ending in
- varaṁ
- the bridegroom
- vadēt
- should name
Meaning
Verses 249-251 give the formula of the gift itself (kanyā-sampradāna).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With what words should the girl be given to the bridegroom? To that question he says "prāgvat" and the rest. As before, having named the three generations and named the occasion, and naming his own desire too, he should then name the bridegroom in the dative. Then, uttering the girl's name in the accusative, "honoured, adorned, with her covering, having Prajāpati as deity", and saying "tubhyam aham", "I to you", and then saying "sampradade", "I give", he should give his daughter. Put together: viṣṇur oṁ tat sat; adya amuka-māsi amuka-pakṣe amuka-tithau amuka-rāśi-sthite bhāskare, amuka-abhīṣṭa-siddhi-kāmo (desiring the accomplishment of such a wish), amuka-gotraḥ śrīmad-amuka-śarmā, amuka-gotrasya amuka-pravarasya śrīmad-amuka-devaśarmaṇaḥ prapautrāya pautrāya putrāya, amuka-gotrāya amuka-pravarāya śrīmate amuka-devaśarmaṇe varāya, amuka-gotrasya amuka-pravarasya śrīmad-amuka-devaśarmaṇaḥ prapautrīm pautrīm putrīm, amuka-gotrām amuka-pravarām arcitāṁ samalaṅkṛtāṁ sācchādanāṁ prajāpati-devatākām amukīṁ devīm imāṁ kanyāṁ tubhyam ahaṁ sampradade: with this sentence he should give his daughter to the learned bridegroom: that is the sense. The bridegroom, saying "svasti", should accept the wife. Then the giver should speak to the bridegroom.