निष्क्रमणम्The first going out
Verse 161
इत्युक्त्वाऽङ्के समादाय गीतवाद्यपुरःसरम् । बहिर्निष्क्रामयेद्बालं सानन्दैः स्वजनैः सह ॥ १६१ ॥
ityuktvā’ṅkē samādāya gītavādyapuraḥsaram | bahirniṣkrāmayēdbālaṁ sānandaiḥ svajanaiḥ saha || 161 ||
Translation
Having said this, he takes the child on his lap and, with song and music going ahead, carries him outside with his rejoicing kin.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- having said
- aṅkē
- on his lap
- samādāya
- having taken
- gīta
- song
- vādya
- and music
- puraḥsaram
- (puraḥsaram) going ahead
- bahiḥ
- (bahiḥ) outside
- niṣkrāmayēt
- (niṣkrāmayet) he should carry out
- bālaṁ
- the child
- sānandaiḥ
- rejoicing
- svajanaiḥ
- with his kin
- saha
- together
Meaning
The first outing is a small festival: music in front, the family around.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having said this mantra and taken the child on his lap, with joyful kinsfolk, to the sound of song and music going before, he should take the child outside.