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together with a knot. It was not just the tying
together two pieces of cloth, but a bond of two
hearts t at can be likened to the ravitationat lfnk
between the sun an eart
Son is like the moon
As the earth makes the sun its central point and
revolves around it, in the same manner a wife makes
her husband the central figure of her life and keeps
revolving round him. As the earth is lit up by the
light of the sun, a wife should become enlightened
through the vows and pledges of her husband and
allow her righteousness to pass on to her son. The
husband is like the sun, the wife is like the earth and
the son is expected to be like the moon. Where the
sun throws its rays directly on the moon, the earth's
reflected light towards the moon is soft and serene. In
the son the best qualities of both the parents are
reflected. Truth is the quality that provides the true
bond between the husband and wife. This is the
meaning that is contained in the mantra that has just
been uttered by the bridegroom:
AT4TfiT fRiTiTraTAT
1TR19. rasa
Badhnami satya grant/dna manascha
hridayancha te.
(Brahman 1/3/8),
Two outer coverings of a shell
The two mantle-flaps of an oyster shell together
encase the pearl. Thus the husband and wife are the
two mantle-flaps of the home where the pearl-like son
is nurtured. The separated mantle-flaps of a shell
cannot produce a pearl. Therefore there must not be
any
cause of dissension and separation between the
husband and wife. The Vedas say: AT fdA
r
tV
Ma
viyausta,
meaning, never separate.