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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.264

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 264

विवाहान्तकुशण्डिकाThe kuśaṇḍikā that ends the marriage

Verse 264

प्रत्यावृत्यासने सम्यगुपविश्य वरस्तदा । स्विष्टिकृद्धोमतः पूर्णाहुत्यन्तेन समापयेत् ॥ २६४ ॥

pratyāvṛtyāsanē samyagupaviśya varastadā | sviṣṭikṛddhōmataḥ pūrṇāhutyantēna samāpayēt || 264 ||

Translation

Returning and sitting properly on his seat, the bridegroom then completes the rite, from the sviṣṭakṛt homa to the full oblation.

Word by word

pratyāvṛtya
having returned
āsanē
on the seat
samyag
(samyak) properly
upaviśya
having sat
varaḥ
(varaḥ) the bridegroom
tadā
then
sviṣṭikṛt
sviṣṭakṛt
hōmataḥ
(homataḥ) from the homa
pūrṇāhuti
the full oblation
antēna
ending with
samāpayēt
should complete

Meaning

The marriage homa ends as every homa does.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Samāpayet": supply "the rite of marriage".