सीमन्तोन्नयनम्Sīmantonnayana, the parting of the hair
Verse 132
पूर्वोक्तधाराहोमान्तं कर्म कृत्वा स्त्रिया सह । उपविश्याऽऽसने प्राज्ञः प्रदद्यादाहुतित्रयम् । विष्णवे भास्वते धात्रे वह्निजायां समुच्चरन् ॥ १३२ ॥
pūrvōktadhārāhōmāntaṁ karma kṛtvā striyā saha | upaviśyā’’sanē prājñaḥ pradadyādāhutitrayam | viṣṇavē bhāsvatē dhātrē vahnijāyāṁ samuccaran || 132 ||
Translation
Having done the rite told before up to the end of the dhārā-homa, the wise one sits on a seat with his wife and gives three oblations, saying "viṣṇave", "bhāsvate", "dhātre" with the wife of fire.
Word by word
- pūrva
- before
- ukta
- told
- dhārā
- stream
- hōma
- homa
- antaṁ
- to the end of
- karma
- the rite
- kṛtvā
- having done
- striyā
- his wife
- saha
- with
- upaviśya
- having sat
- āsanē
- on a seat
- prājñaḥ
- (prājñaḥ) the wise one
- pradadyāt
- (pradadyāt) should give
- āhuti
- oblations
- trayam
- three
- viṣṇavē
- to Viṣṇu
- bhāsvatē
- to the Shining One
- dhātrē
- to Dhātṛ
- vahni
- of fire
- jāyāṁ
- the wife (svāhā)
- samuccaran
- saying
Meaning
The mantras: "viṣṇave svāhā, bhāsvate svāhā, dhātre svāhā", to Viṣṇu, to the Shining One (the Sun), and to Dhātṛ (Prajāpati), as the commentary explains.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the procedure of the act of sīmantonnayana (the parting of the hair) itself with "pūrvokta" and the rest. The wise man, the learned one, sitting on one seat with his wife, having done the rite up to the end of the dhārā-homa told before, first, saying "viṣṇave", "bhāsvate", "dhātre", and then saying vahnijāyā, svāhā: reciting the mantras "viṣṇave svāhā, sūryāya svāhā, prajāpataye svāhā", for Viṣṇu, the Sun and Prajāpati he should give three oblations. [The commentary renders bhāsvat, the shining one, as the Sun, and dhātṛ as Prajāpati.]