Kanyadaan significance
Kanyadaan significance
Lyrics with Meaning
View lyrics page →Sankalpa (The Sacred Intention)
Original
ॐ अस्य कन्यादान व्रतस्य, मन्त्रस्य, ऋतेर, देवतानां, गोत्रस्य, च सिद्धये, श्री वनस्पतये नमः।
Transliteration
Om asya kanya-daana vratasya, mantrasya, ruter, devataanaam, gotrasya, cha siddhaye, Shri Vanaspataye namah.
Meaning / Translation
Om, for the successful completion of this vow of Kanyadaan, following the prescribed mantras, rhythms, deities, and lineage, I bow to the Lord of all existence.
Kanyadaan Mantra (The Act of Giving)
Original
कन्यां देहि कल्याणीं सर्वकामार्थ सिद्धये। सकलसुख प्रदात्री च सर्वलोकहितैषिणी॥
Transliteration
Kanyam dehi kalyanim sarva-kaama-artha siddhaye | Sakala-sukha pradaatri cha sarva-loka-hitaishini ||
Meaning / Translation
I offer this daughter, who is auspicious and who shall fulfill all righteous desires; she who is a bestower of all happiness and a well-wisher of the entire world.
The Spiritual Merit (Mahatmyam)
Original
कन्यादानं हि पुण्यं सर्वपाप प्रणाशनम्। धर्मार्थ काम मोक्षार्थं सदा प्रदायकम्॥
Transliteration
Kanya-daanam hi punyam sarva-paapa pranaashanam | Dharma-artha kaama-mokshaartham sadaa pradaayakam ||
Meaning / Translation
Kanyadaan is indeed a most meritorious act that destroys all sins; it is a continuous provider of Dharma (righteousness), Artha (prosperity), Kama (desire), and Moksha (liberation).
The Blessing (Ashirvada)
Original
यथा ह्यस्मिन् व्रते सति धन्या भवति कन्या। तथा सर्वसुखैः पुत्राभिः गृहस्थे सुखं विन्दते॥
Transliteration
Yatha hyasmin vratte sati dhanyaa bhavati kanya | Tatha sarva-sukhaih putraabhih grihasthe sukham vindate ||
Meaning / Translation
Just as the daughter becomes blessed through this sacred ritual, so too shall she find eternal happiness in her household, surrounded by prosperity and the joy of descendants.