सुमङ्गलीरियं वधूरिमां समेत पश्यत । सौभाग्यमस्यै दत्त्वा दौर्भाग्यैर्विपरेतन
This bride is auspicious; come together, look upon her. Give her good fortune, and drive away misfortune.
या दुर्हार्दो युवतयो याश्चेह जरतीरपि । वर्चो न्वस्यै सं दत्ताथास्तं विपरेतन
Whatever young women are hard to please, and even those who are old here—let their radiance be given to her, and let their misfortune be turned away.
रुक्मप्रस्तरणं वह्यं विश्वा रूपाणि बिभ्रतम् । आरोहत्सूर्या सावित्री बृहते सौभगाय कम्
Bring the golden covering, bearing all forms. Let Sūryā, the daughter of Savitṛ, ascend for great good fortune.
{९} आ रोह तल्पं सुमनस्यमानेह प्रजां जनय पत्ये अस्मै । इन्द्राणीव सुबुधा बुध्यमाना ज्योतिरग्रा उषसः प्रति जागरासि
Ascend the bed with a cheerful mind; here, bear children for this husband. Awake alertly like Indrani, holding the light, you awaken at the coming of dawn.
देवा अग्रे न्यपद्यन्त पत्नीः समस्पृशन्त तन्वस्तनूभिः । सूर्येव नारि विश्वरूपा महित्वा प्रजावती पत्या सं भवेह
The gods at first withdrew; the wives touched one another with their bodies. O woman, be manifold in form like the sun, great in majesty, fruitful; unite with your husband here.
उत्तिष्ठेतो विश्वावसो नमसेडामहे त्वा । जामिमिच्छ पितृषदं न्यक्तां स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि
Rise up, O Viśvāvasu; we bow and honor you. Seek your kin among the ancestors, the one who has been cast down; your share is with him by birth—know that.
अप्सरसः सधमादं मदन्ति हविर्धानमन्तरा सूर्यं च । तास्ते जनित्रमभि ताः परेहि नमस्ते गन्धर्वर्तुना कृणोमि
The Apsarases delight in the shared feast, between the offering and the sun. Go to your origin, to those; to you I bow, I make you pass with the permission of the Gandharva.
नमो गन्धर्वस्य नमसे नमो भामाय चक्षुषे च कृण्मः । विश्वावसो ब्रह्मणा ते नमोऽभि जाया अप्सरसः परेहि
Homage to the Gandharva, homage to you; homage to Bhāma and to the eye we offer. O Viśvāvasu, with sacred utterance we bow to you; pass on, O bride, with the Apsarases.
राया वयं सुमनसः स्यामोदितो गन्धर्वमावीवृताम । अगन्त्स देवः परमं सधस्थमगन्म यत्र प्रतिरन्त आयुः
May we be of good mind through wealth, may we rejoice; may we call forth the Gandharva. The god has reached the highest seat; we have come where life is renewed.
सं पितरावृत्विये सृजेथां माता पिता च रेतसो भवाथः । मर्य इव योषामधि रोहयैनां प्रजां कृण्वाथामिह पुष्यतं रयिम्
Let mother and father, as givers of seed, send forth the bride; like a man with a woman, place her upon the marriage-bed. Here, may you produce offspring and prosper in wealth.
तां पूषं छिवतमामेरयस्व यस्यां बीजं मनुष्या वपन्ति । या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाति यस्यामुशन्तः प्रहरेम शेपः
Lead her, Pūṣan, to the most auspicious place, in which men sow their seed. She whose thighs do not grow weak, who does not loosen—may we cast off the fetter in her who is strong.
आ रोहोरुमुप धत्स्व हस्तं परि ष्वजस्व जायां सुमनस्यमानः । प्रजां कृण्वाथामिह मोदमानौ दीर्घं वामायुः सविता कृणोतु
Take her hand, place it upon your thigh; embrace your wife with a joyful heart. May you two create offspring here, rejoicing; may Savitṛ grant you long life.
आ वां प्रजां जनयतु प्रजापतिरहोरात्राभ्यां समनक्त्वर्यमा । अदुर्मङ्गली पतिलोकमा विशेमं शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे
May Prajāpati generate offspring for you two; may day and night unite you with Aryaman. May we enter the world of the husband without misfortune; bring us welfare among bipeds and quadrupeds.
{१०} देवैर्दत्तं मनुना साकमेतद्वाधूयं वासो वध्वश्च वस्त्रम् । यो ब्रह्मणे चिकितुषे ददाति स इद्रक्षांसि तल्पानि हन्ति
This bridal garment, given by the gods together with Manu, is the bride's robe and the bridegroom's garment. Whoever gives it to a learned Brahmin, he drives away demons and misfortune from the bed.
यं मे दत्तो ब्रह्मभागं वधूयोर्वाधूयं वासो वध्वश्च वस्त्रम् । युवं ब्रह्मणेऽनुमन्यमानौ बृहस्पते साकमिन्द्रश्च दत्तम्
The share of the Brahmin given to me, the bridal garment, the bride's robe and garment—may you two, consenting, give it to the Brahmin, together with Bṛhaspati and Indra.
स्योनाद्योनेरधि बध्यमानौ हसामुदौ महसा मोदमानौ । सुगू सुपुत्रौ सुगृहौ तराथो जीवावुषसो विभातीः
Bound upon the pleasant marriage-bed, laughing, together, rejoicing in greatness—may you two be well-protected, good children, good householders; may you live to see the dawns.
नवं वसानः सुरभिः सुवासा उदागां जीव उषसो विभातीः । आण्डात्पतत्रीवामुक्षि विश्वस्मादेनसस्परि
Clad in new garments, fragrant, well-dressed, rise up alive to see the dawns. As a bird from the egg, may you be released from all sin.
शुम्भनी द्यावापृथिवी अन्तिसुम्ने महिव्रते । आपः सप्त सुस्रुवुर्देवीस्ता नो मुञ्चन्त्वंहसः
Heaven and earth, adorned, of kindly thought, of great vow; the seven divine waters have flowed forth—may they release us from evil.
सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतसस्तेभ्य इदमकरं नमः
To Sūryā, to the gods, to Mitra and Varuṇa; to those who are the wise of being, to them I have made this homage.
य ऋते चिदभिश्रिषः पुरा जत्रुभ्य आतृदः । संधाता संधिं मघवा पुरूवसुर्निष्कर्ता विह्रुतं पुनः
He who, even without a ritual, once gave support to the limbs—he is the joiner, the binder, Maghavan the many-gifted, who restores what was lost.
अपास्मत्तम उच्छतु नीलं पिशङ्गमुत लोहितं यत्। निर्दहनी या पृषातक्यस्मिन् तां स्थाणावध्या सजामि
Let the darkness depart from us—black, tawny, and red. Whatever burning affliction is here, I fix it upon the post.
यावतीः कृत्या उपवासने यावन्तो राज्ञो वरुणस्य पाशाः । व्यृद्धयो या असमृद्धयो या अस्मिन् ता स्थाणावधि सादयामि
As many harmful acts as are at the wedding-seat, as many snares of King Varuṇa, as many failures and non-successes as are here, I fix them upon the post.
या मे प्रियतमा तनूः सा मे बिभाय वाससः । तस्याग्रे त्वं वनस्पते नीविं कृणुष्व मा वयं रिषाम
That body of mine which is most beloved, let it be adorned with garments; O tree, prepare the lower garment in front of her, so that we may not suffer harm.
{११} ये अन्ता यावतीः सिचो य ओतवो ये च तन्तवः । वासो यत्पत्नीभिरुतं तन् न स्योनमुप स्पृशात्
Whatever ends, whatever threads, whatever warp and weft, and whatever yarns there are—may the garment woven by wives touch her with auspiciousness.
उशतीः कन्यला इमाः पितृलोकात्पतिं यतीः । अव दीक्षामसृक्षत स्वाहा
These shining maidens, departing from the world of the fathers to their husband, have released the consecration—svāhā.
बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । वर्चो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि
Created by Bṛhaspati, sustained by all the gods, the radiance that entered the cows—by that we fashion her.
बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । तेजो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि
Created by Bṛhaspati, sustained by all the gods, the brilliance that entered the cows—by that we fashion her.
बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । भजो गोषु प्रविष्टो यस्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि
Created by Bṛhaspati, sustained by all the gods, the strength that entered the cows—by that we fashion her.
बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । यशो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि
Created by Bṛhaspati, sustained by all the gods, the fame that entered the cows—by that we fashion her.
बृहस्पतिनावसृष्टां विश्वे देवा अधारयन् । पयो गोषु प्रविष्टं यत्तेनेमां सं सृजामसि
Created by Bṛhaspati, sustained by all the gods, the milk that entered the cows—by that we fashion her.