नामकरणम्Giving the name
Verse 147
स्नापयित्वा शिशुं माता परिधाप्याम्बरे शुभे । भर्त्तुः पार्श्वं समागत्य प्राङ्मुखं स्थापयेत् सुतम् ॥ १४७ ॥
snāpayitvā śiśuṁ mātā paridhāpyāmbarē śubhē | bharttuḥ pārśvaṁ samāgatya prāṅmukhaṁ sthāpayēt sutam || 147 ||
Translation
The mother bathes the child, dresses him in two fine cloths, comes to her husband's side and sets the son facing east.
Word by word
- snāpayitvā
- having bathed
- śiśuṁ
- the child
- mātā
- the mother
- paridhāpya
- having dressed
- ambarē
- in two cloths
- śubhē
- fine
- bharttuḥ
- (bhartuḥ) of her husband
- pārśvaṁ
- the side
- samāgatya
- having come
- prāṅ
- east
- mukhaṁ
- facing
- sthāpayēt
- (sthāpayet) she should set
- sutam
- (sutam) the son
Meaning
The naming begins with the mother bringing the bathed and newly dressed child to the father.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the name-giving (nāmakaraṇa) with "snāpayitvā" and the rest. The mother, having bathed the child and dressed it in clean cloth (ambara, vastra), comes to her husband's side and sets the son facing east.