कन्यासंप्रदानम्The giving of the bride
Verse 252
धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च भवता भार्यया सह । वर्तितव्यं वरो बाढ़मुक्त्वा कामस्तुतिं पठेत् ॥ २५२ ॥
dharmē cārthē ca kāmē ca bhavatā bhāryayā saha | vartitavyaṁ varō bāḍhamuktvā kāmastutiṁ paṭhēt || 252 ||
Translation
"In dharma, in wealth and in love you are to live together with your wife." The bridegroom answers "certainly", and recites the praise of Kāma.
Word by word
- dharmē
- in dharma
- ca
- and
- arthē
- in wealth
- kāmē
- in love
- bhavatā
- by you
- bhāryayā
- your wife
- saha
- with
- vartitavyaṁ
- it is to be lived
- varaḥ
- (varaḥ) the bridegroom
- bāḍham
- (bāḍham) certainly
- uktvā
- having said
- kāma
- of Kāma
- stutiṁ
- the praise
- paṭhēt
- should recite
Meaning
The marriage is a partnership in three of the four aims of life. "Bāḍham", "yes, certainly", is the bridegroom's promise; the Amarakośa glosses it as both "very much" and "agreed".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
What should the giver say to the bridegroom? To that question he says "dharme ca" and the rest. "O son-in-law, in dharma, in wealth and in desire you are to act together with your wife." Then the bridegroom, saying "bāḍham", should recite the praise of Kāma. Bāḍham: assent. "Bāḍha means 'very much' and 'agreed'", says the Amara(kośa).