<\/a><\/p>\nAfter fire, comes the seating\u00a0arrangement before the 7 promises. Before the 7 vows are sworn the bride and the groom are seated on chairs and some chants are recited by the priests. Now Vedas are so particular about the ambrosial event of marriage that they decide the seating position of the bride and the groom in such a way that they get the maximum possible blessings from the nature in all its forms. \u00a0Generally, before taking the seven vows, the bride is seated to the right hand side of the groom. After taking the 7 promises, the bride shifts to the left side of the groom – this symbolizes that she is now closer to his heart. How exquisite! Every custom which is put in the wedding ceremony has a unique significance, which when enlightened just leaves us with our jaws dropped.<\/p>\n
Now after lighting the holy fire and reciting some mantras, the bride and the groom are\u00a0asked to stand up to take 7 rounds around the holy fire. Each round stands for a unique promise. The holy fire is the witness of all these promises. How solicitous have the Vedas been! They do not entitle the humans to be the witness of such a pious ceremony like wedding, but they pass the hat to the nature, the superpower to be witness of the eternal union of two souls. Now the main event\u00a0begins – the seven promises. Here they are:<\/p>\n
First Promise:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0947\u091a \u0905\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0947\u091a \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0947\u091a \u0907\u092e\u093e\u0902 \u0928\u093e\u0924\u093f\u091a\u0930\u093e\u092e\u093f \u0964
\n\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0947\u091a \u0905\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0947\u091a \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0947\u091a \u0907\u092e\u0902 \u0928\u093e\u0924\u093f\u091a\u0930\u093e\u092e\u093f \u0965 \u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nInitiating the promise, the groom says that their love has become firm by taking the first step. He promises to provide everything for her as well as family\u2019s welfare and happiness.<\/p>\n
In return, the bride happily takes the responsibility of home, food and finances. She hereby promises to satiate all her responsibilities for the welfare of the household, family and the children.<\/p>\n
Second Promise:<\/strong><\/p>\nInitiating the second vow, the groom promises to protect the bride and the family by all his strength in god\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
In return the bride promises that at all times, she shall continue to fill his heart with strength and courage. She promises to be his strength and stand by him in all tough and turbulent times.<\/p>\n
Third Promise:<\/strong> (Too Enchanting!)<\/p>\nIn the third promise, the bride accepts the groom as her husband and promising this she says that every man in her life will be secondary for her. Her husband will be all and all for her in this whole universe. (Guys this is what you call COMMITMENT!!! You will see this in INDIA only…)<\/p>\n
\u0917\u0943\u092d\u094d\u0923\u093e\u092e\u093f \u0924\u0947 \u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u091c\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092f \u0939\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0902 \u092e\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0930\u0926\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0925\u093e\u0938\u0903 \u0964
\n\u092d\u0917\u094b \u0905\u0930\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093e \u0938\u0935\u093f\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0928\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0939\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0941\u0903\u0917\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0939\u092a\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0903 \u0965<\/p>\n
In return, the groom accepts the bride as his wife and promises\u00a0for their prosperity and wealth as a couple. He also wishes good up-bringing for their children.<\/p>\n
Fourth Promise:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u0917\u0943\u092d\u094d\u0923\u093e\u092e\u093f \u0924\u0947 \u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u091c\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092f \u0939\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0902 \u092e\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0930\u0926\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0925\u093e\u0938\u0903 \u0964
\n\u092d\u0917\u094b \u0905\u0930\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093e \u0938\u0935\u093f\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0928\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0939\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0941\u0903\u0917\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0939\u092a\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0903 \u0965<\/p>\n
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In the fourth promise, the groom confesses that she has brought sanctity and auspiciousness in his life. He prays to God to bestow him and her with good children and grant them a long life.<\/p>\n
In return the bride promises to acquire happiness and harmony via respect, faith, mutual love and understanding.<\/p>\n
Fifth Promise: <\/strong>(What a Wonderful Definition to Marriage)<\/p>\nGiving the fifth promise, the groom accepts her has his best-friend<\/em><\/strong>. The bride promises to honour the groom with all the respect and love she can.<\/p>\nSixth Promise:<\/strong><\/p>\nTaking the sixth round around the holy fire, the groom wishes for her happiness and the bride commits to stand by his side always.<\/p>\n
Seventh Promise:<\/strong> (The best of all)<\/p>\n\u0938\u0916\u093e \u0938\u092a\u094d\u0924\u092a\u0926\u093e \u092d\u0935 \u0964
\n\u0938\u0916\u093e\u092f\u094c \u0938\u092a\u094d\u0924\u092a\u0926\u093e \u092c\u092d\u0942\u0935 \u0964
\n\u0938\u0916\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u0924\u0947 \u0917\u092e\u0947\u092f\u092e\u094d \u0964
\n\u0938\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d \u0924\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u094b\u0937\u092e\u094d \u0964
\n\u0938\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0947 \u092e\u092f\u094b\u0937\u094d\u0920\u093e\u0903 \u0964<\/p>\n
The bride promises that she has become his spouse by the law of God, holy fire and the Holy Scriptures. The promises she has made have been spoken with pure heart and pure mind. All the angels are witnesses to this fact. She shall neither deceive him nor will she ever let him down.<\/p>\n
Finishing the promise ceremony, the groom promises the bride that by walking this seventh step with her, their love and companionship have become inseparable and eternal. They have experienced spiritual union in God. Now she has become completely his. He offers his total self to her.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThese were the 7- Seven Promises made by the bride and the groom to each other at the time of wedding. If you have read these attentively, then you might have just noticed that these seven promises encompass every dimension of human life beginning from the life after marriage to the death. The promises include every sphere of marital life- be it family, household, finances, children, adversities, difficulties, loyalty, companionship, strength, weakness, everything. The seven promises are nothing but a microcosm of the life the couple has to see after their marriage. The seven promises make sure to unite the couple eternally then and there amidst a divine atmosphere. Above all, they make all the Terrence agencies a part of the wedding- be it God, be it nature, be it any supernatural force of this universe.<\/p>\n
This was all I had to share about 7 promises. I bet if a couple follows even 1% of these 7 promises, the word divorce would vanish away from the society. But ironically, the scenario today is these 7 promises can sustain their existence till the wedding ceremony only. After that, it\u2019s all on god\u2019s mercy and nature\u2019s fury. God bless everybody…<\/p>\n
I hope you all have liked reading it as much as I have liked writing and compiling it. Suggestions and Feedback welcomed.<\/p>\n
Love & Regards,<\/p>\n
Anish.<\/p>\n
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I again have a topic pertaining to marriages, specifically Hindu Marriages. This time no Arrange, no love, just marriages this time. Everybody might be well aware about the Indian custom of swearing 7 promises (called Saptpadi in Sanskrit, Sapt means Seven, Padi means foot) at the time of wedding. In this post I have something to share about those 7 vows of the Indian Marriages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ibelievethat.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}