जातकर्मThe birth rite
Verse 144
प्रायश्चित्तादिकं कृत्वा जातकर्म समापयेत् । नालच्छेदं ततो धात्री कुर्यादुत्साहपूर्वकम् ॥ १४४ ॥
prāyaścittādikaṁ kṛtvā jātakarma samāpayēt | nālacchēdaṁ tatō dhātrī kuryādutsāhapūrvakam || 144 ||
Translation
Having done the expiation and the rest, he should close the birth rite. Then the midwife should cut the cord, with care and goodwill.
Word by word
- prāyaścitta
- the expiation
- ādikaṁ
- and the rest
- kṛtvā
- having done
- jāta
- birth
- karma
- rite
- samāpayēt
- he should close
- nāla
- the cord
- cchēdaṁ
- (chedam) cutting
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- dhātrī
- the midwife
- kuryāt
- should do
- utsāha
- zeal
- pūrvakam
- with
Meaning
The jātakarma ends with the usual expiatory homa. Only then is the umbilical cord cut.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 143.