Marriage
मंगल्यं तन्तुनानेन मम जीवन हेतुना। कंठे बध्नामि सुभगे त्वं जीव शरदां शतम् ॥
“Hey Saubhagya dayinee! I am tying this auspicious formula in your throat which has led to my happy life. Live with me forever.”
Procedure-
Varagamana, Vandana, madhuparka, kanyadana, akshataropana and Mangalyadharana, saptapadi, vivah Homa, okuli, samaropana, Vadhu Pravesha, Grihasthashram Vidhi
Introduction-
ब्राम्हो दैवस्तथा आर्ष: प्रजापत्यस्तथासुर:।
गान्धर्वो राक्षसश्चैव पैशाचस्तवष्टमोऽधम:॥
The Smrtis have recognized eight methods through which it was done. These are Brahma, Daiva, Arya, Prajapatya, Asura, Gandharva, Raksasa and Paishacha.
The Smṛtis have divided the eight methods into two groups, Prasasta or approved and Aprasasta or disapproved. The first four are Prasasta, the rest are Aprašasta. The first four methods were regarded praiseworthy, among which the first was the best, the fifth and the sixth were tolerated and the last two were forbidden.