The 7 vows of Hindu Wedding ceremony

The Seven Vows:

Groom: You will offer me food and be helpful in every way. I will cherish you and provide welfare and happiness for you and our children.

Bride: I am responsible for the home and all household responsibilities.

Groom: Together we will protect our house and children.

Bride: I will be by your side as your courage and strength. I will rejoice in your happiness. In return, you will love me solely.

Groom: May we grow wealthy and prosperous and strive for the education of our children. May our children live long.

Bride: I will love you solely for the rest of my life, as you are my husband. Every other man in my life will be secondary. I vow to remain chaste.

Groom: You have brought sacredness into my life, and have completed me. May we be blessed with noble and obedient children.

Bride: I will shower you with joy, from head to toe. I will strive to please you in every way I can.

Groom: You are my best friend, and staunchest well-wisher. You have come into my life, enriching it. God bless you.

Bride: I promise to love and cherish you for as long as I live. Your happiness is my happiness, and your sorrow is my sorrow. I will trust and honor you, and will strive to fulfill all your wishes.

Groom: May you be filled with joy and peace.

Bride: I will always be by your side.

Groom: We are now husband and wife, and are one. You are mine and I am yours for eternity.

Bride: As God is witness, I am now your wife. We will love, honor and cherish each other forever.

Let us examine our hearts that how far every one of us is true to the aforesaid promises we made at the time of our wedding. The sad part is nobody has ever taught us the Mantras before we got married. Had we known already two things would have happened - either we wouldn't have dared to take vows or we would have taken the vows with the pretext of cheating of one another.

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