Book 3 ; Chapter 2 ; Part 1
1. विवाहपूर्वो व्यवहारः
* विवाहः - marriage पूर्वः - before (adj); व्यवहारः - judicial procedure / relation / conduct / commerce
* translation found: Marriage is the basis of all disputes
* तस्य वाक्यस्य अर्थः तथा कथम् भवितुम् शक्नॊति ?
* How did the translator arrive at that ?
* विवाहः व्यवहारस्य पूर्वः - marriage preceedes judicial procedure ??
* Could it mean विवाहस्य पूर्वः व्यवहारः - relation/commerce preceeds marriage ?
2.कन्यादानम् कन्यां आलङ्कृत्य ब्राह्मॊ विवाहः
* यदि विवाहः कन्यां आलङ्कृत्या अस्ति तस्य नाम "ब्राह्मविवाहः"
* Giving a daughter in marriage adorned is "Brahma marriage"
3.सहधर्माचर्या प्राजापत्यः
* सहधर्मम् आचर्या करॊति चॆत् तस्य नाम "प्राजापत्य"
* If performed by "according to dharma" ?????? its called praajapatya
* translation found: The joint performance of sacred duties by a man and a woman is known as "prajapatya-marriage."
4. गॊमिथुनादानाद् आर्षः
* मिथुन (adj) - paired .. दानात् - दानकारणात्
* If there is giving of a pair of cows involved, its "aarsha"
* कः कस्मै गॊमिथुनम् ददाति इति अत्र स्पष्टम् नास्ति । प्रायः अग्रॆ दत्तम् अस्ति । पश्यामः
* Its not clear who gives whom.. may be one of the future lines will explain... And it may throw some light into whether or not the custom of dowry existed in ancient India or it was indeed a custom brought in by the invaders of India as Professor Veena Talwar Oldenbergh claims
5. अन्तर्वॆद्यां ऋत्विजॆ दानात् दैवः
* ऋत्तिज् - ऋत्विजे - to the priest ; अन्तर्वेद्याम् - in antarvedi ( a temple in india ??)
* If the girl is given to a priest its called "daiva"
footnote: number 10 says पितृप्रमाणाश्चत्वाराः पूर्वॆ धर्म्याः
प्रथमाः चत्वाराः विवाहाः पितृप्रमाणाः पूर्वॆ धर्म्याः च
The first four (listed) r sanctioned by father , old (custom) and righteous
to be continued.......
Monday, February 18, 2008
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One comment I heard after the first post was the following : instead of interpreting these as "a marrage done in this way is called arsha" .. can we interpret it as "marriage with rishis is done this way" ?
I don't know !! but for now I will continue with the first way of looking at these
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