अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 165
षष्ठे मासि कुमारस्य मासि वाप्यष्टमे शिवे । पितृभ्राता पिता वापि कुर्यादन्नाशनक्रियाम् ॥ १६५ ॥
ṣaṣṭhē māsi kumārasya māsi vāpyaṣṭamē śivē | pitṛbhrātā pitā vāpi kuryādannāśanakriyām || 165 ||
Translation
In the sixth or the eighth month, O Śivā, the father's brother or the father himself should perform the boy's first feeding with rice.
Word by word
- ṣaṣṭhē
- in the sixth
- māsi
- month
- kumārasya
- of the boy
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- aṣṭamē
- eighth
- śivē
- O Śivā
- pitṛ
- the father's
- bhrātā
- brother
- pitā
- the father
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) should perform
- annāśana
- of the first feeding
- kriyām
- the rite
Meaning
Annaprāśana, the first solid food. The father's brother may perform it in the father's place.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 163.