विवाहान्तकुशण्डिकाThe kuśaṇḍikā that ends the marriage
Verse 261
घृतेन स्वामिदत्तेन लाजैर्भ्रात्राहृतैः शिवे । प्रजापतिं समुद्दिश्य दद्यात् वेदाहुतीर्वधूः ॥ २६१ ॥
ghṛtēna svāmidattēna lājairbhrātrāhṛtaiḥ śivē | prajāpatiṁ samuddiśya dadyāt vēdāhutīrvadhūḥ || 261 ||
Translation
O Śivā, with ghee given by her husband and parched grain brought by her brother, the bride should give four oblations for Prajāpati.
Word by word
- ghṛtēna
- with ghee
- svāmi
- by her husband
- dattēna
- given
- lājaiḥ
- (lājaiḥ) with parched grain
- bhrātṛ
- by her brother
- āhṛtaiḥ
- (āhṛtaiḥ) brought
- śivē
- O Śivā
- prajāpatiṁ
- Prajāpati
- samuddiśya
- for
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) should give
- vēda
- four
- āhutīḥ
- (āhutīḥ) oblations
- vadhūḥ
- (vadhūḥ) the bride
Meaning
The lāja-homa, the offering of parched rice, made by the bride herself. "Veda" in "vedāhutīḥ" stands for four, the number of the Vedas, as the ṭīkā explains.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ghṛtena" and the rest. O Śivā, then the bride, the wife, with ghee given by her husband and with parched grain (lājā) brought by her brother, should give four oblations (vedāhuti: veda for the number four) for Prajāpati.