अन्नप्राशनम्The first feeding with rice
Verse 171
शङ्खतूर्यादिघोषेण प्रायश्चित्त्या समापयेत् । इत्यन्नप्राशनं प्रोक्तं चूड़ाविधिमतः शृणु ॥ १७१ ॥
śaṅkhatūryādighōṣēṇa prāyaścittyā samāpayēt | ityannaprāśanaṁ prōktaṁ cūḍāvidhimataḥ śṛṇu || 171 ||
Translation
he should close it, to the sound of conch, trumpet and the rest, with the expiation. So the first feeding has been told; now hear the rule of the tonsure.
Word by word
- śaṅkha
- conch
- tūrya
- trumpet
- ādi
- and the rest
- ghōṣēṇa
- with the sound
- prāyaścittyā
- with the expiation
- samāpayēt
- he should close
- iti
- thus
- annaprāśanaṁ
- the first feeding
- prōktaṁ
- has been told
- cūḍā
- (cūḍā) of the tonsure
- vidhim
- (vidhim) the rule
- ataḥ
- (ataḥ) now
- śṛṇu
- hear
Meaning
Annaprāśana ends with music and the usual expiatory homa.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 170.