पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 123
जीवत्सुताभिर्वनितां यागस्थानं समानयेत् । संस्थाप्य वामभागे तां चरुहोमं समाचरेत् ॥ १२३ ॥
jīvatsutābhirvanitāṁ yāgasthānaṁ samānayēt | saṁsthāpya vāmabhāgē tāṁ caruhōmaṁ samācarēt || 123 ||
Translation
With women whose sons are living he should bring her to the place of the sacrifice, seat her on his left, and perform the caru homa.
Word by word
- jīvat
- living
- sutābhiḥ
- (sutābhiḥ) with women whose sons
- vanitāṁ
- the woman
- yāga
- of sacrifice
- sthānaṁ
- the place
- samānayēt
- he should bring
- saṁsthāpya
- having seated
- vāma
- left
- bhāgē
- on the side
- tāṁ
- her
- caru
- of caru
- hōmaṁ
- the homa
- samācarēt
- should perform
Meaning
Women whose children are all living (jīvatsutā) escort her, again as auspicious witnesses; a woman who has lost a child does not join in. The wife sits on her husband's left, her place in all rites.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Jīvat" and the rest. Then, with women whose sons are living (jīvatsutā), he should bring the woman (vanitā) to the place of the sacrifice, seat her on his left, and perform the caru homa.