विवाहान्तकुशण्डिकाThe kuśaṇḍikā that ends the marriage
Verse 260
भार्यायाः पाणियुगलं गृह्णीयादित्युदीरयन् । पाणिं गृह्णामि सुभगे गुरुदेवरता भव । गार्हस्थ्यं कर्म धर्मेण यथावदनुशीलय ॥ २६० ॥
bhāryāyāḥ pāṇiyugalaṁ gṛhṇīyādityudīrayan | pāṇiṁ gṛhṇāmi subhagē gurudēvaratā bhava | gārhasthyaṁ karma dharmēṇa yathāvadanuśīlaya || 260 ||
Translation
He should take both his wife's hands, saying: "I take your hand, fortunate one; be devoted to the guru and the gods, and follow the householder's duties rightly, by dharma."
Word by word
- bhāryāyāḥ
- (bhāryāyāḥ) of his wife
- pāṇi
- hands
- yugalaṁ
- both
- gṛhṇīyāt
- (gṛhṇīyāt) he should take
- iti
- thus
- udīrayan
- saying
- pāṇiṁ
- the hand
- gṛhṇāmi
- I take
- subhagē
- O fortunate one
- guru
- to the guru
- dēva
- and the gods
- ratā
- devoted
- bhava
- be
- gārhasthyaṁ
- of the householder
- karma
- the duties
- dharmēṇa
- by dharma
- yathāvat
- (yathāvat) rightly
- anuśīlaya
- follow
Meaning
Pāṇigrahaṇa, the "taking of the hand". The wife is called fortunate because she brings good fortune to the house: she is the gṛha-lakṣmī, and verse 266 calls her its mistress.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Bhāryāyāḥ". Then the bridegroom, uttering, reciting, the mantra about to be given, should take both his wife's hands. He gives that mantra itself, "pāṇiṁ gṛhṇāmi subhage" and the rest.