Rite no. 15 / 16
विवाह
Marriage
Two people join their lives, and with them their families, into one household. In the classical scheme the householder is the base that sustains the whole of society through family, hospitality and honest work.
The central rite of adult life, inaugurating the householder stage.
Gṛhya-Sūtras — the marriage ceremony — SBE Vol. 29 (1886); cf. Laws of Manu Ch. III (public domain)
The Gṛhya-Sūtras, Part I · trans. Hermann Oldenberg · 1886 · Public Domain