चूड़ाकरणम्The tonsure
Verse 178
कुमारमाता हस्ताभ्यामादाय गोमयान्विते । शरावे स्थापयेत् जुष्टिं नापिताय पिता वदेत् ॥ १७८ ॥
kumāramātā hastābhyāmādāya gōmayānvitē | śarāvē sthāpayēt juṣṭiṁ nāpitāya pitā vadēt || 178 ||
Translation
The boy's mother takes it in both hands and places it in the dish with the dung; and the father should say to the barber:
Word by word
- kumāra
- of the boy
- mātā
- the mother
- hastābhyām
- (hastābhyām) with both hands
- ādāya
- having taken
- gōmaya
- with the dung
- anvitē
- filled
- śarāvē
- in the dish
- sthāpayēt
- should place
- juṣṭiṁ
- the tuft
- nāpitāya
- to the barber
- pitā
- the father
- vadēt
- should say
Meaning
The hair is laid in the dish of dung, which will later be disposed of; cut hair is never left lying.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Kumāra" and the rest. The boy's mother, taking the tuft in both hands, should place it in the dish with the dung. Then the father, the child's begetter, should speak to the barber.