जातकर्मThe birth rite
Verse 139
जातमात्रं सुतं दृष्ट्वा दत्त्वा स्वर्णं गृहान्तरे । पूर्वोक्तविधिना धीरो धाराहोमं समापयेत् ॥ १३९ ॥
jātamātraṁ sutaṁ dṛṣṭvā dattvā svarṇaṁ gṛhāntarē | pūrvōktavidhinā dhīrō dhārāhōmaṁ samāpayēt || 139 ||
Translation
As soon as the son is born, looking at him and giving gold, the steady one should complete the dhārā-homa by the procedure told before, in another room.
Word by word
- jāta
- born
- mātraṁ
- as soon as
- sutaṁ
- the son
- dṛṣṭvā
- having looked at
- dattvā
- having given
- svarṇaṁ
- gold
- gṛha
- room
- antarē
- in another
- pūrva
- before
- ukta
- told
- vidhinā
- by the procedure
- dhīraḥ
- (dhīraḥ) the steady one
- dhārā
- stream
- hōmaṁ
- homa
- samāpayēt
- should complete
Meaning
Jātakarma, the birth rite. The father looks on the newborn and gives him gold (the commentary supplies "to the son"), then performs the kuśaṇḍikā up to the dhārā-homa, in a room other than the lying-in room.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the jātakarma (the birth rite) with "jātamātram" and the rest. "Dattvā": supply "to the son" (having given gold to the son). Gṛhāntare: in a house other than the lying-in room (sūtikāgṛha). "Tataḥ" and the rest has a plain meaning.