अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 169
ततोऽग्नावन्नदां ध्यात्वा दत्तपञ्चाहुतिः पिता । तत्राथवा गृहेऽन्यस्मिन् वस्त्रालङ्कारशोभितम् । क्रोड़े निधाय तनयं प्राशयेत् पायसामृतम् ॥ १६९ ॥
tatō’gnāvannadāṁ dhyātvā dattapañcāhutiḥ pitā | tatrāthavā gṛhē’nyasmin vastrālaṅkāraśōbhitam | krōḍē nidhāya tanayaṁ prāśayēt pāyasāmṛtam || 169 ||
Translation
Then the father, having given five oblations into the fire meditating on Annadā, there or in another room, takes his son, adorned with clothes and ornaments, on his lap and feeds him the nectar of pāyasa.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- agnau
- (agnau) into the fire
- annadāṁ
- Annadā, the giver of food
- dhyātvā
- having meditated on
- datta
- given
- pañcāhutiḥ
- (pañcāhutiḥ) having five oblations
- pitā
- the father
- tatra
- there
- athavā
- or
- gṛhē
- in a room
- anyasmin
- another
- vastra
- with clothes
- alaṅkāra
- and ornaments
- śōbhitam
- (śobhitam) adorned
- krōḍē
- (kroḍe) on his lap
- nidhāya
- having placed
- tanayaṁ
- his son
- prāśayēt
- should feed
- pāyasa
- of pāyasa
- amṛtam
- (amṛtam) the nectar
Meaning
Annadā, "giver of food", is the Goddess as Annapūrṇā. Five oblations are made for her; the reading "tato 'gnau", "then into the fire", Pāyasa, rice boiled in milk with sugar, is the first food.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. Then the father, meditating on the goddess Annadā (the giver of food) and offering for her, having given five oblations into the fire, there or in another house, takes his son, adorned with clothes and ornaments, on his lap, sets him there and gives him pāyasa (rice boiled in milk), nectar in the form of the supreme food, to taste, to eat.