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heart to my religious duties; may thy mind follow mine; be 

 ihou consentient to my speech. May Vhiiiaspati unite thee 

 unto me." 



This is succeeded by a variety of other ceremonies, mentioned 

 at large by Mr. Colebrook. During the three subsequent days 

 the married couple must abstain from factitious salt, live chastely 

 and austerely, and sleep on the ground. On the following day, 

 that is, on the fourth exclusively, the bridegroom conducts the 

 bride to his own house on a carriage, or other suitable convey- 

 ance. He recites the following text when she ascends the car- 

 riage. " O wife of the sun ! ascend this vehicle, resembling the 

 beautiful blossoms of the cotton-tree, and butea, tinged with 

 various tints, and coloured like gold; well constructed; furnished 

 with good wheels, and the source of ambrosia (that is, of bless- 

 ings), bring happiness to thy husband!" Proceeding with his 

 bride, he, or some other person for him, recites the following text 

 on their coming to a cross road: " May robbers, who infest the 

 road, remain ignorant of this journey; may the married couple 

 reach a place of security and difficult of access by easy roads, 

 and may foes keep aloof!" 



Alighting from the carriage, the bridegroom leads the bride 

 into the house, chanting the hymn called TYwiadivi/a. Matrons 

 welcome the bride, and make her sit down on a bull's hide; the 

 bridegroom then recites the following prayer: " May kine here 

 produce numerous young; may horses and human beings do so; 

 and may the deity sit here, by whose favour sacrifices are accom- 

 plished with gifts a thousand fold." 



I shall not detail the further ceremonies and sacrificial fires in 



