नामकरणम्Giving the name
Verse 148
अभिषिञ्चेत् शिशोर्मूर्ध्नि सहिरण्यकुशोदकैः । जाह्नवी यमुना रेवा सुपवित्रा सरस्वती ॥ १४८ ॥
abhiṣiñcēt śiśōrmūrdhni sahiraṇyakuśōdakaiḥ | jāhnavī yamunā rēvā supavitrā sarasvatī || 148 ||
Translation
He should sprinkle the child's head with water holding gold and kuśa: "Jāhnavī, Yamunā, Revā, the most holy Sarasvatī,
Word by word
- abhiṣiñcēt
- (abhiṣiñcet) he should sprinkle
- śiśōḥ
- (śiśoḥ) of the child
- mūrdhni
- the head
- sahiraṇya
- with gold
- kuśa
- and kuśa
- udakaiḥ
- (udakaiḥ) with water
- jāhnavī
- Jāhnavī (the Gaṅgā)
- yamunā
- the Yamunā
- rēvā
- the Revā
- supavitrā
- most holy
- sarasvatī
- the Sarasvatī
Meaning
The child is sprinkled while the sacred rivers are named. Jāhnavī is the Gaṅgā; Revā is another name of the Narmadā.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Abhiṣiñcet" and the rest. Then the father, with the mantras "jāhnavī" and the rest, should sprinkle the child's head with water containing gold and kuśa.