Vyasta samasta mahävyährti home viniyogaù

oà bhür svähä - idam viñëave idam na mama

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

uñëik chandaù

çré acyuto devatä

Vyasta samasta mahävyährti home viniyogaù

oà bhuvaù svähä - idam acyutäya idam na mama

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré näräyaëo devatä

Vyasta samasta mahävyährti home viniyogaù

oà svaù svähä - idam näräyaëäya idam na mama

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

båhati chandaù

çré ananto devatä

Vyasta samasta mahävyährti home viniyogaù

oà bhür bhuvaù svaù svähä - idam anantäya idam na mama

He should then offer ghee-soaked wood without mantra, and then perform Ñäöyäyana Homa, recite the Vämadevya Gäëam prayers, perform the other rites of the Udicya Karma, and give dakñiëä to the brähmaëas. But if on the day of the wedding the Cathurthé Homa is performed, the Ñäöyäyana Homa should be performed after that.

· Uttara Viväha (subsequent rites):

The groom should establish the fire named “yojaka” in the kuëòa 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 Mahavyähåti Homa.

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.

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré viñëuù devatä

uttara vivähe päëigrahaëasyäjya home viniyogaù

oà lekhä sandhiñu pakñmasv-ävarteñu ca yänite

täni te pürëahutya sarväëi çamayämy-ahaà svähä

“Whatever lies inauspicious in the combinations of markings, in your eyelids, in the curls of your hair, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”

oà keçeñu yac ca päpaka nékñite rudite ca yat

täni te pürëahutya sarväëi çamayämy-ahaà svähä

“Whatever faults lie in your hair and in your weeping, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”

oà çéleñu yac ca päpakaà bhäñite hasite ca yat

täni te pürëahutya sarväëi çamayämy-ahaà svähä

“Whatever faults lie in your character, in your words and in your smile, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”

oà ärokeñu ca danteñu hastayoù pädayoç ca yat

täni te pürëahutya sarväëi çamayämy-ahaà svähä

“Whatever faults lie in your glances, in your teeth, in your hands and feet, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”

oà urvor upasthe janghayoù sandhäneñu ca yäni te

täni te pürëahutya sarväëi çamayämy-ahaà svähä

“Whatever faults lie in your thighs, in your hips, in your ankles and in your joints, I nullify that by this final sacrifice.”

oà yäni käni ca ghoräëi sarväìgeñu taväbhavan

pürëahutibhir äjyasya sarväëi täny-açéçamaà svähä

“Whatever was inauspicious in the parts of your body, I have nullified by this final sacrifice.”

· Dhruva Darñana (viewing the pole star):

The groom and bride should rise and go outside. The groom should point out the pole star to her and make her vow:

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré dhruva-priyo devatä

dhruva-darçane viniyogaù

oà druvaà asi dhruvähaà

pati kule çré viñëu vaiñëava seväsu bhüyäsaà

çré ..... (his name) adhikäriëaù anugatä çré ..... (her name) devy-ahaà

“You are the pole star, fixed forever. May I be fixed like the pole star in my husband’s house, in the service of Viñëu and his devotees.”

He should show her the constellation Arundhaté, situated in the great bear or seven sages, and make her recite the following:

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré viñëuù devatä

arundhaté darçane viniyogaù

oà arundhaty- avaruddhähaà asmi

“Oh Arundhaté, faithful wife of Vasiñöha (one of the seven sages),

as a wife, I also am now fixed, in my husband’s house.”

The groom should look at his wife and say:

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré viñëuù devatä

kanyänu-mantraëe viniyogaù

oà dhruvä dyauù dhruvä prthivé

dhruväà viçvaà idaà jagat

dhruväsaù parvatä ime

dhruvä stré pati kule

çré viñëu vaiñëava seväsu iyaà

“Fixed is the sky, fixed is the earth. Fixed is the world, the universe.

Fixed are these mountains, fixed is this wife, in her husband’s house, in the service of Viñëu and his devotees.”

The bride should say:

........ goträ çré (her name) devé aham

bho bhavantam ........ (husband’s) gotraà abhivädaye

“I, being of ........ goträ, salute you, husband, of ........ goträ.”

The groom should respond:

oà kåñëa matiù bhava saumye

“Fix your mind in Kåñëa.”

A woman with husband and child should lead them to a pedestal and sprinkle water over them from a pot using mango leaves.

The husband should go to the fire, perform Vyasta Samasta Mahävyähåti Homa,

and then silently offer ghee-soaked wood of prädeça length into the fire.

He should perform Udicya Karma.

· Bhojana:

The groom should take mahäprasädam rice saying the following mantras:

oà prajäpatiù viñëu åñiù

anuñöup chandaù

çré viñëuù devatä

mahäprasädänna bhojane viniyogaù

oà çré mahäprasädännenänena präëa sütreëa viñëunä

badhnämi satya granthinä manaç ca hådayam ca te

“By this mahäprasädam, the thread of life, By Viñëu, by the knot of highest truth,