निष्क्रमणम्The first going out
Verse 162
गत्वाऽध्वनि कियद्दूरं शिशुं सूर्यं निरीक्षयेत् ॥ १६२ ॥
gatvā’dhvani kiyaddūraṁ śiśuṁ sūryaṁ nirīkṣayēt || 162 ||
Translation
Going some distance along the road, he should let the child look at the Sun,
Word by word
- gatvā
- having gone
- adhvani
- along the road
- kiyat
- (kiyat) some
- dūraṁ
- distance
- śiśuṁ
- the child
- sūryaṁ
- the Sun
- nirīkṣayēt
- he should make to look at
Meaning
The heart of the niṣkramaṇa: the child's first sight of the sun, with the mantra of the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Gatvā" and the rest. Having gone some distance along the road, the father should make the child look at, see, the Sun.