कन्यासंप्रदानम्The giving of the bride
Verse 251
तुभ्यमहमिति प्रोच्य दद्यात् सम्प्रददे वदन् । वरः स्वस्तीति स्वीकुर्यात् सम्प्रदाता वरं वदेत् ॥ २५१ ॥
tubhyamahamiti prōcya dadyāt sampradadē vadan | varaḥ svastīti svīkuryāt sampradātā varaṁ vadēt || 251 ||
Translation
and saying "to you I", he should give her with the word "sampradade", "I give". The bridegroom should accept with "svasti", and the giver should speak to him:
Word by word
- tubhyam
- (tubhyam) to you
- aham
- (aham) I
- iti
- thus
- prōcya
- having said
- dadyāt
- should give
- sampradadē
- I give
- vadan
- saying
- varaḥ
- (varaḥ) the bridegroom
- svasti
- svasti
- svīkuryāt
- should accept
- sampradātā
- the giver
- varaṁ
- to the bridegroom
- vadēt
- should speak
Meaning
The commentary writes out the whole gift: "... imāṁ kanyāṁ tubhyam ahaṁ sampradade", "I give this maiden to you". The bridegroom's "svasti", "it is well", is his acceptance.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 249.