कन्यासंप्रदानम्The giving of the bride
Verse 256
ततो हिरण्यरत्नानि यथाशक्त्यनुसारतः । जामात्रे दक्षिणां दद्यादच्छिद्रमवधारयेत् ॥ २५६ ॥
tatō hiraṇyaratnāni yathāśaktyanusārataḥ | jāmātrē dakṣiṇāṁ dadyādacchidramavadhārayēt || 256 ||
Translation
Then, as far as he is able, he should give gold and gems as a fee to the son-in-law, and declare the rite without flaw.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- hiraṇya
- gold
- ratnāni
- and gems
- yathāśakti
- as he is able
- anusārataḥ
- according to
- jāmātrē
- to the son-in-law
- dakṣiṇāṁ
- a fee
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) should give
- acchidram
- (acchidram) without flaw
- avadhārayēt
- should declare
Meaning
With the fee he says, in the ṭīkā's words, "kṛtam idaṁ śubhavivāhakarmācchidram astu", "may this auspicious rite of marriage now done be without flaw".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. Then, with the sentence "oṁ adya" and the rest, "kṛtasyāsya śubhavivāhakarmaṇaḥ sāṅgatvārthaṁ hiraṇyādidakṣiṇām amukagotrāya amukadevaśarmaṇe varāya tubhyam ahaṁ sampradade" ("for the completeness of this auspicious rite of marriage now performed, I give you, the bridegroom so-and-so of such a gotra, this fee of gold and the rest"), the giver should give to the son-in-law a fee of gold and gems, according to his means. Then he should declare, "kṛtam idaṁ śubhavivāhakarmācchidram astu", "may this auspicious rite of marriage now done be without flaw".