विवाहान्तकुशण्डिकाThe kuśaṇḍikā that ends the marriage
Verse 265
ब्राह्मो विवाहो विहितो दोषहीनः सवर्णया । कुलधर्मानुसारेण गोत्रभिन्नासपिण्डया ॥ २६५ ॥
brāhmō vivāhō vihitō dōṣahīnaḥ savarṇayā | kuladharmānusārēṇa gōtrabhinnāsapiṇḍayā || 265 ||
Translation
The brāhma marriage, according to kula-dharma, is laid down as faultless with a woman of the same class, of a different gotra, and not a sapiṇḍa.
Word by word
- brāhmaḥ
- (brāhmaḥ) the brāhma
- vivāhaḥ
- (vivāhaḥ) marriage
- vihitaḥ
- (vihitaḥ) laid down
- dōṣa
- fault
- hīnaḥ
- (hīnaḥ) without
- savarṇayā
- with one of the same class
- kula
- of the kula
- dharma
- dharma
- anusārēṇa
- according to
- gōtra
- in gotra
- bhinnā
- different
- asapiṇḍayā
- not a sapiṇḍa
Meaning
The conditions of the brāhma marriage, as the text gives them: the bride of the same varṇa, of a gotra other than the groom's, and not a sapiṇḍa, a near blood relation (those who share the offering of piṇḍas to common ancestors, within several degrees).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 264.