चूड़ाकरणम्The tonsure
Verse 176
वारुणं दशधा जप्त्वा सम्मार्ज्य शिशुमूर्द्धजान् । मायया कुशपत्राभ्यां जुष्टिमेकां प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ १७६ ॥
vāruṇaṁ daśadhā japtvā sammārjya śiśumūrddhajān | māyayā kuśapatrābhyāṁ juṣṭimēkāṁ prakalpayēt || 176 ||
Translation
reciting the Vāruṇa ten times, he moistens the child's hair, and with māyā makes one tuft with two blades of kuśa.
Word by word
- vāruṇaṁ
- the Vāruṇa (vaṁ)
- daśadhā
- ten times
- japtvā
- having recited
- sammārjya
- having moistened
- śiśu
- of the child
- mūrddhajān
- (mūrdhajān) the hair
- māyayā
- with māyā (hrīṁ)
- kuśa
- of kuśa
- patrābhyāṁ
- with two blades
- juṣṭim
- (juṣṭim) a tuft
- ēkāṁ
- one
- prakalpayēt
- should make
Meaning
Vāruṇa is the seed of Varuṇa, lord of the waters: vaṁ. Recited ten times over the water, it consecrates it. With hrīṁ (māyā) a lock of hair is gathered between two kuśa leaves into a single tuft (juṣṭi).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 175.