नामकरणम्Giving the name
Verse 157
कन्याया निष्क्रमो नास्ति बृद्धिश्राद्धं न विद्यते । नामान्नप्राशनं चूड़ां कुर्याद्धीमानमन्त्रकम् ॥ १५७ ॥
kanyāyā niṣkramō nāsti bṛddhiśrāddhaṁ na vidyatē | nāmānnaprāśanaṁ cūḍāṁ kuryāddhīmānamantrakam || 157 ||
Translation
For a girl there is no first going out and no vṛddhi-śrāddha; the wise one performs her naming, first feeding and tonsure without mantras.
Word by word
- kanyāyāḥ
- (kanyāyāḥ) for a girl
- niṣkramaḥ
- (niṣkramaḥ) the first going out
- na
- not
- asti
- there is
- bṛddhi
- (vṛddhi) of increase
- śrāddhaṁ
- the śrāddha
- vidyatē
- there is
- nāma
- the naming
- annaprāśanaṁ
- the first feeding
- cūḍāṁ
- (cūḍām) the tonsure
- kuryāt
- should perform
- dhīmān
- the wise one
- amantrakam
- (amantrakam) without mantras
Meaning
The text sets out the sacraments of a daughter: the niṣkramaṇa and the ancestral offering are omitted, and the others are done without mantras.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 155.