पञ्चामृतम्The five nectars
Verse 128
ततः स्विष्टिकृतं हुत्वा प्रायश्चित्त्या समापयेत् । ततस्तु पञ्चमे मासि दद्यात् पञ्चामृतं स्त्रियै ॥ १२८ ॥
tataḥ sviṣṭikṛtaṁ hutvā prāyaścittyā samāpayēt | tatastu pañcamē māsi dadyāt pañcāmṛtaṁ striyai || 128 ||
Translation
Then, offering the sviṣṭakṛt, he closes with the expiation. And in the fifth month he should give his wife the five nectars.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- sviṣṭikṛtaṁ
- the sviṣṭakṛt
- hutvā
- having offered
- prāyaścittyā
- with the expiation
- samāpayēt
- he should close
- tu
- and
- pañcamē
- in the fifth
- māsi
- month
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) he should give
- pañcāmṛtaṁ
- the five nectars
- striyai
- to his wife
Meaning
Puṁsavana ends as usual. In the fifth month comes the giving of pañcāmṛta, described next.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Samāpayet": supply "the rite of puṁsavana".