सीमन्तोन्नयनम्Sīmantonnayana, the parting of the hair
Verse 138
आयुष्मती कङ्कतिका वर्च्चस्वी ते शुभं कुरु । ततः समापयेत् कर्म स्विष्टिकृद्धवनादिभिः ॥ १३८ ॥
āyuṣmatī kaṅkatikā varccasvī tē śubhaṁ kuru | tataḥ samāpayēt karma sviṣṭikṛddhavanādibhiḥ || 138 ||
Translation
Be long-lived. Comb, splendid one, bring her good." Then he should close the rite with the sviṣṭakṛt offering and the rest.
Word by word
- āyuṣmatī
- long-lived
- kaṅkatikā
- O comb
- varccasvī
- (varcasvī) splendid
- tē
- for her, your
- śubhaṁ
- good
- kuru
- bring
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- samāpayēt
- he should close
- karma
- the rite
- sviṣṭikṛt
- sviṣṭakṛt
- havana
- offering
- ādibhiḥ
- with the and the rest
Meaning
The commentary construes "āyuṣmatī" with "be" in the previous verse, a wish for the mother, and "te" with the comb, which is addressed and asked to bring her good. The full mantra, with hrīṁ first: "hrīṁ bhārye kalyāṇi subhage daśame māsi suvrate suprasūtā bhava prītā prasādād viśvakarmaṇaḥ āyuṣmatī kaṅkatikā varcasvī te śubhaṁ kuru".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 135.