चूड़ाकरणम्The tonsure
Verse 177
मायां लक्ष्मीं त्रिधा जप्त्वा गृहीत्वा लौहजं क्षुरम् । छित्त्वा तु जुष्टिकामूलं मातृहस्ते निवेशयेत् ॥ १७७ ॥
māyāṁ lakṣmīṁ tridhā japtvā gṛhītvā lauhajaṁ kṣuram | chittvā tu juṣṭikāmūlaṁ mātṛhastē nivēśayēt || 177 ||
Translation
Reciting māyā and lakṣmī three times and taking the iron razor, he cuts the tuft at its root and places it in the mother's hand.
Word by word
- māyāṁ
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- lakṣmīṁ
- lakṣmī (śrīṁ)
- tridhā
- three times
- japtvā
- having recited
- gṛhītvā
- having taken
- lauhajaṁ
- iron
- kṣuram
- the razor
- chittvā
- having cut
- tu
- and
- juṣṭikā
- of the tuft
- mūlaṁ
- the root
- mātṛ
- of the mother
- hastē
- in the hand
- nivēśayēt
- he should place
Meaning
With "hrīṁ śrīṁ" three times, the father himself makes the first cut, and gives the tuft to the mother.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Māyām" and the rest. Then, reciting māyā, the seed hrīṁ, and lakṣmī, the seed śrīṁ, three times, taking an iron razor and cutting the tuft at its root, he should place (niveśayet, sthāpayet) the tuft in the mother's hand.