विवाहान्तकुशण्डिकाThe kuśaṇḍikā that ends the marriage
Verse 262
प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य वह्निमुत्थाय भार्यया सह । दुर्गां शिवं रमां विष्णुं ब्राह्मीं ब्रह्माणमेव च । युग्मं युग्मं समुद्दिश्य त्रिस्त्रिधा हवनं चरेत् ॥ २६२ ॥
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vahnimutthāya bhāryayā saha | durgāṁ śivaṁ ramāṁ viṣṇuṁ brāhmīṁ brahmāṇamēva ca | yugmaṁ yugmaṁ samuddiśya tristridhā havanaṁ carēt || 262 ||
Translation
Rising with his wife and going round the fire to the right, he should offer three times for each pair: Durgā and Śiva, Ramā and Viṣṇu, Brāhmī and Brahmā.
Word by word
- pradakṣiṇīkṛtya
- having gone round to the right
- vahnim
- (vahnim) the fire
- utthāya
- having risen
- bhāryayā
- his wife
- saha
- with
- durgāṁ
- Durgā
- śivaṁ
- Śiva
- ramāṁ
- Ramā
- viṣṇuṁ
- Viṣṇu
- brāhmīṁ
- Brāhmī
- brahmāṇam
- (brahmāṇam) Brahmā
- ēva
- and
- ca
- and
- yugmaṁ
- pair
- samuddiśya
- for
- triḥ
- three
- tridhā
- times
- havanaṁ
- the offering
- carēt
- should make
Meaning
The divine couples are honoured by the human couple, three oblations each.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Pradakṣiṇīkṛtya" and the rest. Then the bridegroom, rising with his wife and going round the fire keeping it to the right, naming pair by pair Durgā and Śiva, Ramā and Viṣṇu, Brāhmī and Brahmā, should offer three times for each, three times over.