{"id":23356,"date":"2021-01-10T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T21:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=23356"},"modified":"2021-01-10T17:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T21:13:35","slug":"sat-kriya-sara-dipika-part-twenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sat-kriya-sara-dipika-part-twenty\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat Kriya Sara Dipika, Part Twenty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami <\/span><\/p>\n

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Vivaha Karma (marriage)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should now face East; the father of the bride should face North or West.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom and bride should perform acamana and then smear kum-kum, gorocana and candana on their right hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should take the bride’s right hand and place it on top of his right hand, and a married woman with a son should bind the two hands with kusha and garlands, while auspicious sounds are made by the women.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The father of the bride should take a pot of water mixed with gandha, flowers, tulasi and fruit @and recite vishnu smaranam (see Appendix ???????????).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The father should give the bride, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om vishnu
\nom tat sat
\nadya brahmano dvitiya-parardhe,
\nsveta varaha kalpe, vaivasvatakhya manvantare,
\nashtavimshati kali-yugasya prathama sandhyayam
\nbrahma vimshatau vartamanayam
\n…..samvatsare (year)
\n…..ayane (course of the sun)
\n…..ritau (season)
\n…..masi (month)
\n…..pakshe (fortnight)
\n…..rashi sthite bhaskare (sun sign)
\n…..tithau (lunar day)
\n…..varanvitayam (day of the week)
\n…..nakshatra samyutayam (constellation)
\njambudvipe bharata khande
\nmedhibhutasya sumeroh dakshine
\nlavanarnavasyottare kone
\ngangayah pashcime bhage
\nshri shalagrama shila go brahmana vaishnava vahni sannidhau
\n…..sharmanah prapautraya (to the great grandson of….)
\n…..sharmanah pautraya (to the grandson of….)
\n…..sharmanah putraya (to the son of….)
\nshri …..sharmane visishta varaya (to the groom named…)
\n…..sharmanah prapautrim (the great grand daughter of ….)
\n…..sharmanah pautrim (the great granddaughter of….)
\n…. sharmanah putrim (the daughter of……)
\nshrimatim….abhidhanam etam kanyam (the bride named….)
\nsa vastram yatha shakty-alankritam
\naroginim apravasinim yatha kalopasthapinim
\nom prajapati vishnu devatakam
\nshri shri radha-krishna smarana purvakam
\n…..sharma dvara [through the agency of …….(father)]
\nsvayam shri shri radha-krishnau dattam <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Radha and Krishna personally give this bride named….(identified by father’s ancestors), equipped with cloth and ornaments, healthy, of age and fixed residence, to the groom named……(identified by his father’s ancestors) at the time…….., at the place……with shalagrama, the cow, the brahmana, vaishnava and fire as witness.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The father should pour the water over their bound hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om svasti
\nom narayanaya vidmahe
\nvasudevaya dhimahi
\ntanno vishnuh pracodayat(e)
\nom trailokya-mohanaya vidmahe
\nkamadevaya dhimahi
\ntanno vishnuh pracodayat(e) <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then he should meditate upon Shri Shri Radha-Krishna chanting:<\/span><\/p>\n

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hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
\nhare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
\nom kanyeyam om prajapati vishnu devataka <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“This bride belongs to Prajapati Vishnu.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Touching the bride’s heart he should recite the Kama Stuti :<\/span><\/p>\n

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om ka idam kasma adat
\nkamah kamayadat
\nkamo data kamah pratigrahita
\nkamah samudram avishat
\nkamena tva pratigrihnami
\nkamaitat te<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Who has given this heart and to whom? Love has given unto love. Love is the giver, love is the receiver. Love has entered the ocean of love. I receive you through love. Oh love, this heart is yours.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The father should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om vishnuh
\nom tat sat
\nadya shrimate…..sharmane varaya (name of groom)
\nkritaitat kanya sampradana supratishthartham
\ndakshinam suvarna mulyopakalpitam
\nshri shri radha krishna smarana purvakam
\nshri…. dvara (name of father)
\nshri shri radha krishnau dattam <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Radha and Krishna, on this day of …. to firmly establish this act of bestowal, present a suitable dowry of valuable items in remembrance of Radha and Krishna, to …..(groom) through the agency of ….(father).”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om svasti<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then he should recite the Kama Stuti:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om ka idam kasma adat
\nkamah kamayadat
\nkamo data kamah pratigrahita
\nkamah samudram avishat
\nkamena tva pratigrihnami
\nkamaitat te
\nom narayanaya vidmahe
\nvasudevaya dhimahi
\ntanno vishnuh pracodayat
\nom trailokya-mohanaya vidmahe
\nkamadevaya dhimahi
\ntanno vishnuh pracodayat(e) <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then he should meditate upon Shri Shri Radha-Krishna chanting:<\/span><\/p>\n

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hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
\nhare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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He should then meditate upon his favourite Deitys’ name such as Narayana, Vishnu, Rama, Nrisimha, Hari, Vamana etc<\/span><\/p>\n

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BY: SUN STAFF<\/span><\/p>\n

Oct 28, 2016 \u2014 CANADA (SUN) \u2014 By Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. Printed by The Bhaktivedanta Academy, Mayapur (1995).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

#SunEdit<\/span><\/p>\n

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