जातकर्मThe birth rite
Verse 145
यावन्न छिद्यते नालं तावच्छौचं न बाधते । प्रागेव नाड़िकाछेदाद्दैवीं पैत्रीं क्रियाञ्चरेत् ॥ १४५ ॥
yāvanna chidyatē nālaṁ tāvacchaucaṁ na bādhatē | prāgēva nāḍikāchēdāddaivīṁ paitrīṁ kriyāñcarēt || 145 ||
Translation
Until the cord is cut, the impurity of birth does not apply; so the rites for the gods and the ancestors should be done before the cord is cut.
Word by word
- yāvat
- until
- na
- not
- chidyatē
- is cut
- nālaṁ
- the cord
- tāvat
- (tāvat) so long
- śaucaṁ
- (aśaucam) the impurity
- bādhatē
- applies
- prāg
- (prāk) before
- ēva
- indeed
- nāḍikā
- (nāḍikā) of the cord
- chēdāt
- (chedāt) the cutting
- daivīṁ
- for the gods
- paitrīṁ
- for the ancestors
- kriyāṁ
- (kriyām) the rite
- carēt
- should be done
Meaning
Āśauca, the ritual impurity that follows a birth, begins only when the cord is cut. The birth rite is therefore done first, while the family is still free to worship. This impurity of birth is called "auspicious", unlike the impurity after a death.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 143.