पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 119
बृद्धिश्राद्धं ततः कृत्वा पूर्वोक्तविधिना सुधीः । धाराहोमान्तमापाद्य कुर्यात् पुंसवनक्रियाम् ॥ ११९ ॥
bṛddhiśrāddhaṁ tataḥ kṛtvā pūrvōktavidhinā sudhīḥ | dhārāhōmāntamāpādya kuryāt puṁsavanakriyām || 119 ||
Translation
Then the wise one performs the vṛddhi-śrāddha by the procedure told before, completes the rite to the end of the dhārā-homa, and performs the rite of puṁsavana.
Word by word
- bṛddhi
- (vṛddhi) of increase
- śrāddhaṁ
- the śrāddha
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- kṛtvā
- having done
- pūrva
- before
- ukta
- told
- vidhinā
- by the procedure
- sudhīḥ
- the wise one
- dhārā
- stream
- hōma
- homa
- antam
- (antam) to the end of
- āpādya
- having completed
- kuryāt
- should perform
- puṁsavana
- of puṁsavana
- kriyām
- the rite
Meaning
The vṛddhi-śrāddha (or ābhyudayika-śrāddha) is the joyful offering to the ancestors made before every auspicious family event, so that they share in it and bless it; it is described in the next chapter.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 118.