{"id":23390,"date":"2021-01-13T16:54:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=23390"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:54:21","slug":"sat-kriya-sara-dipika-part-twenty-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sat-kriya-sara-dipika-part-twenty-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat Kriya Sara Dipika, Part Twenty-six"},"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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Sapta Padi Gamana (taking seven steps):<\/span><\/p>\n

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With rice-flour paste seven small circles should be drawn in a line going in the North-eastern direction. The groom should lead the bride to step into each circle. She should place the right foot first, the left behind. The groom should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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ma vama-padena dakshina padam akrama<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Don’t let the left foot cross beyond the right.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the first step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nekapad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nekapada-kramane viniyogah
\nom ekamishe vishnus tva nayatu <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to strength.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the second step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ndvipad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ndvipada-kramane viniyogah
\nom dve urje vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to power.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the third step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ntripad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ntripada-kramane viniyogah
\nom trini vrataya vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu led you to uphold your vows. “<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the fourth step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ncatushpad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ncatushpada-kramane viniyogah
\nom catvari mayobhavaya vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to happiness.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the fifth step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\npancapad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\npancapada-kramane viniyogah
\nom panca pashubhyo vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to plenty of cows.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the sixth step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nshatpad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nshatpada-kramane viniyogah
\nom shadrayas poshaya vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to multiplying spiritual wealth.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the seventh step he should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nsaptapad virat chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nsaptapada-kramane viniyogah
\nom sapta saptabhyo hotrabhyo vishnus tva nayatu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu lead you to maintain the seven sacrifices.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nsamiki-pankti chandah
\nshri harih devata
\npada-kramanantaram ashasane viniyogah
\nom sakha saptapadi bhava
\nsakhyan te gameyam
\nsakhyan te ma yoshah
\nsakhyan te ma yoshthyah<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Be my companion for life, fixed in seven vows. May I attain companionship with you. Do not break this bond.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should address the assembled guests:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishi
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nvivaha-prekshakajana mantrane viniyogah
\nom su mangaliriyam vadhurimam samete pashyata
\nsaubhagyam asyai dattva yathastam viparetana<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“This wife is most faithful. Come and behold her. Having brought her good fortune, you may now depart.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The friend holding the water pot should then approach the seven circles by passing on the West side of the fire and sprinkle first the groom’s head, then the bride’s head. Each time the groom should say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri vasudevasya devata
\nmurdhabhishecane viniyogah
\nom samanjantu vasudevah samapo hridayami nau
\nsam matarishva sandhata samudeshtri dadhatu nau<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vasudeva and all His expansions anoint us as one. May the water make our hearts one. May the lord of the wind, our maintainer make us one. May her lordship make us one.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wih the completion of Sapta Padi Gamana the bride and groom are considered married.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pani Grahanam (taking the bride’s hands):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The groom should take the bride’s two hands in his left hand and with his right hand he should grasp the thumb of the upturned right hand of the bride.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ntrishtup chandah
\nsanakadayo devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah<\/i> om gribhnami te saubhagatvaya hastam maya patya jaradashtir yathasah sanaka-sanatana-sanandana-sanat kumarah mahyam tvaduh garha patyaya karshnah<\/span><\/p>\n

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“For good fortune I hold your hand, so that you may attain old age in the company of your husband. The four kumaras have given you to me for performance of household duties as a devotee of Krishna.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ntrishtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah
\nom aghora cakshuh apatighnedhi shiva pashubhyah sumanah suvarcah
\nvirasuh jivasuh krishna kama syona sanno bhava dvipade sam catushpade<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Be gentle-eyed, protecting your husband. Be kind to the animals, be good minded, beautiful. Be the mother of heroes, mother of life, dear to Krishna, bringing the highest happiness. Be good to us, both man and beast.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\njagati chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah
\nom a nah prajam janayatu vishnuh ajarasaya samanaktu krishnah
\nadurmangalih patilokam avisha sanno bhava dvipade sam catushpade<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May Vishnu generate progeny for us. May Krishna keep us together until old age. Enter your husband’s house, with auspiciousness. Be good to us, both man and beast.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah
\nom imam tvam vishno midhvah suputram subhagam kridhi
\ndashasyam putran adhehi patim ekadasham kuru<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Oh Vishnu, impregnate her, make fine, strong sons. Put ten sons in her, make eleven men in the house.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah
\nom samranji shvasure bhava
\nsamranji shvashrvam bhava
\nnanandari ca samranji bhava
\nsamranji adhi devrishu<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Be the ruler of your husband’s father. Be the ruler of your husband’s mother. Be the ruler of your husband’s sisters. Be the ruler of your husband’s brothers.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ntrishtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\ngrihita-kanyapane patyuh jape viniyogah
\nom mama vrate te hridayam dadhatu mama cittam anu cittam te ‘stu
\nmama vac eka mana jushasvashri vishnuh tva niyunaktu mayam<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“May your heart be fixed on my life’s goals. May your mind follow after mine. With body and soul be devoted to my words. May Vishnu join us together.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vyasta Samasta Mahavyahriti Homa:<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the bride on his left the groom should offer ghee:<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\ngayatri chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nvyasta samasta mahavyahrti home viniyogah
\nom bhur svaha – idam vishnave idam na mama
\nom prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nushnik chandah
\nshri acyuto devata
\nvyasta samasta mahavyahrti home viniyogah
\nom bhuvah svaha – idam acyutaya idam na mama
\nom prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri narayano devata
\nvyasta samasta mahavyahrti home viniyogah
\nom svah svaha – idam narayanaya idam na mama
\nom prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nbrihati chandah
\nshri ananto devata
\nvyasta samasta mahavyahrti home viniyogah
\nom bhur bhuvah svah svaha – idam anantaya idam na mama<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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He should then offer ghee-soaked wood without mantra, and then perform Shatyayana Homa, recite the Vamadevya Ganam prayers, perform the other rites of the Udicya Karma, and give dakshina to the brahmanas. But if on the day of the wedding the Cathurthi Homa is performed, the Shatyayana Homa should be performed after that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uttara Vivaha (subsequent rites): The groom should establish the fire named “yojaka” in the kunda when the stars are visible in the sky. While the bride sits silently, the groom should throw wood into the fire silently, then perform Vyasta Samasta Mahavyahriti Homa.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then the groom should offer ghee into the fire six times with the following mantras, sprinkling the remnants from the sruva on the bride’s head.<\/span><\/p>\n

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om prajapatih vishnu rishih
\nanushtup chandah
\nshri vishnuh devata
\nuttara vivahe panigrahanasyajya home viniyogah
\nom lekha sandhishu pakshmasv-avarteshu ca yanite
\ntani te purnahutya sarvani shamayamy-aham svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever lies inauspicious in the combinations of markings, in your eyelids, in the curls of your hair, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om kesheshu yac ca papaka nikshite rudite ca yat
\ntani te purnahutya sarvani shamayamy-aham svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever faults lie in your hair and in your weeping, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om shileshu yac ca papakam bhashite hasite ca yat
\ntani te purnahutya sarvani shamayamy-aham svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever faults lie in your character, in your words and in your smile, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om arokeshu ca danteshu hastayoh padayosh ca yat
\ntani te purnahutya sarvani shamayamy-aham svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever faults lie in your glances, in your teeth, in your hands and feet, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om urvor upasthe janghayoh sandhaneshu ca yani te
\ntani te purnahutya sarvani shamayamy-aham svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever faults lie in your thighs, in your hips, in your ankles and in your joints, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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om yani kani ca ghorani sarvangeshu tavabhavan
\npurnahutibhir ajyasya sarvani tany-ashishamam svaha<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Whatever was inauspicious in the parts of your body, I have nullified by this final sacrifice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sat Kriya Sara Dipika, Part Twenty-six<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nov 09, 2016 \u2014 CANADA (SUN) \u2014 By Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami. Printed by The Bhaktivedanta Academy, Mayapur (1995).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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