| Hindu
Vivah Samskaras in the Vedas |
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| According to the Vedas,
the Hindu marriage is based on the marriage
of Soma with Surya, and is narrated by Rishi
Surya in the RigVeda. This could be based
on an imagined marriage ceremony or could
be the marriage of the seer herself.
The following collection of verses regarding
the Hindu marriage ceremony is compiled
mainly from the RigVeda and has been translated
from sanskrit : |
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Shubha-dristi
Groom:
Aghorchakshur apatighniedhi shiva pashubhyah
sumanAh suvarchAh.
Virasur devakAmA syenA sham na bhava dvipade
sham chatuspade.
RigVeda 10.85.44
Trishtup chhanda.
Be (edhi) soft
gazed (aghor-chakshuh),
not a widow (a-pati-ghni)
benefactor of animals (pashubhyah
shiva), pleasant hearted (su-manAh),
bright looking (su-varchAh),
mother of heroes (vira-suh),
devoted to God (deva-kAmA).
Be peaceable with (sham
bhava) our (nah)
people (dvipade)
and animals (chatuspade).
Groom takes the bride to the altar and both
sit down. AchArya recounts the marriage of
Soma with Surya. |
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Somatattva
AchArya:
SatyenottabhitA bhumih suryenottabhitA dyuoh.
RitenAdityAs tishthanti divi somo adhi shritah.
RigVeda 10.85.1
Anushtup chhanda
Earth (bhumih)
is hoisted up (uttabhitA)
by satya (satyena).
The sky (dyouh)
is hoisted up (uttabhitA)
by surya (suryena).
The Adityas (AdityAh)
stand on Rita (ritena
tishthanti). Soma (somah)
is supported by sky (divi
adhishritah). |
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SomenAdityA valinah somena
prithivi mahi.
Atho nakshatrAnAm eshAmupasthe soma Ahitah.
RigVeda 10.85.2
Anushtup chhanda
By Soma (somena)
the Adityas (AdityAh)
are powerful (valinah).
By Soma (somena)
the earth (prithivi)
is glorious (mahi).
And
(atha)
Soma stays (somah Ahitah)
close to the stars (eshAm
nakshatrAnAm upasthe). |
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Somam manyate papivan yat
sampishanti oshadhim.
Somam yam brahmAno vidurna tasyAshnAti kaschana.
RigVeda 10.85.3
Anushtup chhanda
The creeper that people crush (yat
oshadhim sam-pishanti), (the
drinkers) imagine (manyate)
(that) they are
drinking soma elixir (somam
papivAn). That soma (yam
somam) which the brAhmins (brahmanah)
know of (viduh),
nobody ever eats it (na
kaschan tasya ashnAti). |
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