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accepting your hand for happiness and prosperity."
It is on such an occasion that a girl becomes the real
grihini,
or housewife.
The bridegroom does not only accept the hand but
also accepts the heart, intellect and mind of his wife.
Ad did not both of you symbolise this by touching
the heart of each other and also by repeating the
words:
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Mama vrate te hridayam dadhami, Mama
chitmanuchittam te astu;
Mama vachamekamana jushaswa prajapatistwa
niyunaktu mahyam.
By accepting each other the wife becomes
grihini
husband,
grihini,
and where the husband
has complete authority over his wife and in a
similar manner the wife has the right of
complete authority over the affairs of her husband. It
is for this reason that the wife takes possession of the
entire being of the husband.
She is the mistress of his health, wealth and mind.
And for her husband she is the only wife and for the
wife he is the sole master. The
Atharva Veda
has also
pronounced:
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Mridurnirmanyuh kewali nriyavadini anuvrata,
which expresses the expectations of the husband
polite, without anger, chaste and faithful wife.
Similarly, the wife says, "You are my only one. You