नामकरणम्Giving the name
Verse 146
कुमार्याश्चापि कर्त्तव्यमेवमेवममन्त्रकम् । षष्ठे वा चाष्टमे मासि नाम कुर्यात् प्रकाशतः ॥ १४६ ॥
kumāryāścāpi karttavyamēvamēvamamantrakam | ṣaṣṭhē vā cāṣṭamē māsi nāma kuryāt prakāśataḥ || 146 ||
Translation
For a daughter too the same is to be done, without mantras. In the sixth or eighth month he should give the name openly.
Word by word
- kumāryāḥ
- (kumāryāḥ) for a daughter
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- karttavyam
- (kartavyam) is to be done
- ēvam
- (evam) the same
- ēva
- just
- amantrakam
- (amantrakam) without mantras
- ṣaṣṭhē
- in the sixth
- vā
- or
- aṣṭamē
- eighth
- māsi
- month
- nāma
- the name
- kuryāt
- he should give
- prakāśataḥ
- (prakāśataḥ) openly
Meaning
The birth rite for a girl is the same, but without mantras. The public name, as against the secret one, is given in the sixth or eighth month after birth (nāmakaraṇa).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Kumāryāḥ" and the rest. For a girl too the jātakarma is to be done in just the same way, without mantras (amantraka), that is, with no mantra at all.