निष्क्रमणम्The first going out
Verse 159
कृतनित्यक्रियस्तातः सम्पूज्य गणनायकम् । स्नापयित्वा तु तनयं वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषितम् । संस्थाप्य पुरतो विद्वानिमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ १५९ ॥
kṛtanityakriyastātaḥ sampūjya gaṇanāyakam | snāpayitvā tu tanayaṁ vastrālaṅkārabhūṣitam | saṁsthāpya puratō vidvānimaṁ mantramudīrayēt || 159 ||
Translation
The father, having done his daily rites and worshipped Gaṇeśa, bathes the son, adorns him with clothes and ornaments, sets him before himself, and the learned one should say this mantra:
Word by word
- kṛta
- done
- nitya
- daily
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) whose rites
- tātaḥ
- (tātaḥ) the father
- sampūjya
- having worshipped
- gaṇanāyakam
- (gaṇanāyakam) Gaṇeśa
- snāpayitvā
- having bathed
- tu
- and
- tanayaṁ
- the son
- vastra
- with clothes
- alaṅkāra
- and ornaments
- bhūṣitam
- (bhūṣitam) adorned
- saṁsthāpya
- having set
- purataḥ
- before
- vidvān
- (vidvān) the learned one
- imaṁ
- this
- mantram
- (mantram) mantra
- udīrayēt
- should say
Meaning
Gaṇeśa, remover of obstacles, is worshipped before the child crosses the threshold.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the act of niṣkramaṇa (the child's first going out) with "kṛtanityakriyaḥ" and the rest.