Wife
The groom faces west, while the bride sits in front of him, with her face to the east, he holds her hand while the following Rig vedic mantra is recited:
I take thy hand in mine, yearning for happiness
I ask thee, to live with me, as thy husband
Till both of us, with age, grow old
Know this, as I declare, that the Gods
Bhaga, Aryama, Savita and Purandhi, have bestowed thy person, upon me
that I may fulfill, my Dharmas of the householder, with thee
This I am, That art thou
The Sāman I, the Ŗc thou
The Heavens I, the Earth thou
Then they sit facing the priest and the groom made the bride wear the nuptial chain and pours vermillion in her forehead while Dia closes his eye's anticipatory. Her st
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