Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

"I free her from here, but not from there. I have bound her firmly there, so that through the grace of Indra she will have fine sons and be fortunate in her husband's love." From where is this excerpt of a mantra for producing 'fine sons' taken:

Options:

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Mahabharata

Manusmriti

Rigveda

Correct Answer:

Rigveda

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Rigveda

" Here is an excerpt of a mantra from the Rigveda, which was probably inserted in the text c. 1000 BCE, to be chanted by the priest while conducting the marriage ritual. It is used in many Hindu weddings even today:

I free her from here, but not from there. I have bound her firmly there, so that through the grace of Indra she will have fine sons and be fortunate in her husband’s love"