शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 277
अभिषिञ्चेत् द्वादशधा मधुना वाऽर्घ्यपाथसा । ततस्तौ प्रणतौ विद्वान् श्रावयेद्वाग्भवं रमाम् ॥ २७७ ॥
abhiṣiñcēt dvādaśadhā madhunā vā’rghyapāthasā | tatastau praṇatau vidvān śrāvayēdvāgbhavaṁ ramām || 277 ||
Translation
He should sprinkle them twelve times with madhu or with the water of the arghya; then, when the two bow, the learned one should make them hear the vāgbhava and ramā.
Word by word
- abhiṣiñcēt
- should sprinkle
- dvādaśadhā
- twelve times
- madhunā
- with madhu, wine
- vā
- or
- arghya
- of the arghya
- pāthasā
- with the water
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tau
- the two
- praṇatau
- bowing
- vidvān
- the learned one
- śrāvayēt
- (śrāvayet) should make to hear
- vāgbhavaṁ
- the vāgbhava (aiṁ)
- ramām
- (ramām) ramā (śrīṁ)
Meaning
Madhu, the ṭīkā says, is wine, the first tattva of the circle; the water of the special offering may be used instead. The seeds given to the couple are aiṁ (vāgbhava) and śrīṁ (ramā).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Abhiṣiñcet" and the rest. With this same mantra the lord of the circle should sprinkle the couple twelve times with madhu, with wine, or with arghya-water, the water of the special offering. Then the learned lord of the circle should make the bowing couple hear the seeds vāgbhava, aiṁ, and ramā, śrīṁ.