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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org p pzu_y> F conjugal happiness. (Himself) tofollowherduringfour “catvAri maayObhavaaya” mayaeÉvay cTvair F married life. GruhasthAs as yaj~nams assignedto third stepandtogrant “trINi vratAya” ÇIi[ ìtay T life)”.your body(aprayerfordisease-free VishNu (Myselfwill)followyourstepan Dear girl! You have“dhvE UrjE” now taken the second step with me asÖe ^jeR my wife. May Lord S (prayer forsubhishtam,Akshayapaathram)” follow yoursteptomakesurethatyouhaveundiminishingfoodalllife O ANDAL!Youmadethefirststepasmy “yEkamishE VishNus tvAnvEtu” HIRD OURTH IFTH ECOND S S TEP TEP S S TEP : TEP : -Herethegroompraysonceagai : : - Here again, the prayer is for Lord VishNu to follow GodhA’s - This prayer once again is to MahA VishNu the boonofvrathAnushtAnam(performance of isthefirstmanthram.Th 68 Dharma pathnee) toherduring Dharma pathnee) d blessyouwithpushti(strength)in th stepand grant herthe boonof wife.MayLordVishNu(Myselfwill) n toLordVishNu.Hesays:“O is says:“ODear girl! ANDAL and PeriyAzhwAr (Garudan) on ANDAL andPeriyAzhwAr (Garudan) right thereinSriVilliputthUr nextto could havetheaanandhamofseeinghi pleasedwith thede PeriyAzhwAr wasmighty place andstayinmyfather-in-law’s follow you andblessyoutohave all Soub your placeofbirth.Therefore, youhave (Palace).Thisis MaaLikai NaacchiyAr ofMyhousenow.SriVilliputthUr isyour Gruhastha HomamsandYaj~namswi will follow youtohelp perform seventhstep,I,MahAVish the and took pirAnGOdhE!When Bhattar thaNteriyal hOtrAbhyO VishNustvAnvetu” This isthelastofseven steps. The prayer is: sÝ sÝ_yaehaeÇa_yaeiv:[uSTva=Nvetu S four aregoingtomakeHer dayswithHimpleasant. Her andmake surethat VasanthaRuth her marriedlife.Sri RanganAthAhints th (be behind her andsupporther) forall “shat rutubhya:” ;f \tu_y> S relatedtothefour-footed)”. Isvaryams with“panca paSubhya:” me and grow your wealth of EVENTH IXTH S TEP S : TEP : - Here MahA VishNu is bese - The prayer is: “may Lord VishNu follow your fifth step .The Lord said: “aNi puthuvai paimkamalt- 69 onepeetamatSriVilliputthUr. s daughter and the Lord, Her husband s daughterandtheLord,Herhusband cattle (cows,Horses,Elephants and OupAsanai, AgniHOthram andother him. Eventoday;weseeRangamannAr, morepowerthanme u, Ghreeshma Ruthuand alltheother auspicious ruthus(sixseasons)during hAgyams by moving over to your birth nu, theformerresidentofSrirangam place, yourhouse.Weguessthat thout deficiencies. Youarethe yourecitedtheseventhmanthram at Heisgoingtoberightnext cision ofhisSon-in-lawsothathe eched tofollowhersixthstep “sapta saptabhyO here. Iwill hence

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