कन्यासंप्रदानम्The giving of the bride
Verse 254
ततो वदेत् सम्प्रदाता कन्यां जामातरं प्रति । प्रजापतिप्रसादेन युवयोरभिवाञ्छितम् । पूर्णमस्तु शिवञ्चास्तु धर्मं पालयतं युवाम् ॥ २५४ ॥
tatō vadēt sampradātā kanyāṁ jāmātaraṁ prati | prajāpatiprasādēna yuvayōrabhivāñchitam | pūrṇamastu śivañcāstu dharmaṁ pālayataṁ yuvām || 254 ||
Translation
Then the giver should say to the bride and the son-in-law: "By the grace of Prajāpati may what you both desire be fulfilled, and may it be well with you; keep dharma, you two."
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- vadēt
- should say
- sampradātā
- the giver
- kanyāṁ
- to the bride
- jāmātaraṁ
- and the son-in-law
- prati
- to
- prajāpati
- of Prajāpati
- prasādēna
- by the grace
- yuvayōḥ
- (yuvayoḥ) of you both
- abhivāñchitam
- (abhivāñchitam) the desire
- pūrṇam
- (pūrṇam) fulfilled
- astu
- may be
- śivaṁ
- well
- ca
- and
- dharmaṁ
- dharma
- pālayataṁ
- keep
- yuvām
- you two
Meaning
The father's blessing on the couple.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. Then, after the reciting of the praise of Kāma, the giver should speak to the girl and to the son-in-law, the bridegroom. What should he say? To that question he says "prajāpatiprasādena" and the rest.