चूड़ाकरणम्The tonsure
Verse 179
क्षुरमुण्डिन् शिशोः क्षौरं सुखं साधय ठद्वयम् । पठित्वा नापितं पश्यन् सत्यनामनि पावके । प्रजापतिं समुद्दिश्य प्रदद्यादाहुतित्रयम् ॥ १७९ ॥
kṣuramuṇḍin śiśōḥ kṣauraṁ sukhaṁ sādhaya ṭhadvayam | paṭhitvā nāpitaṁ paśyan satyanāmani pāvakē | prajāpatiṁ samuddiśya pradadyādāhutitrayam || 179 ||
Translation
"Barber, shaver with the razor, shave the child gently", with the two ṭhas. Saying this and looking at the barber, he should give three oblations for Prajāpati into the fire named Satya.
Word by word
- kṣuramuṇḍin
- O shaver with the razor
- śiśōḥ
- (śiśoḥ) of the child
- kṣauraṁ
- the shaving
- sukhaṁ
- gently
- sādhaya
- do
- ṭhadvayam
- (ṭha-dvayam) the two ṭhas, svāhā
- paṭhitvā
- having said
- nāpitaṁ
- the barber
- paśyan
- looking at
- satya
- Satya
- nāmani
- named
- pāvakē
- into the fire
- prajāpatiṁ
- Prajāpati
- samuddiśya
- for
- pradadyāt
- (pradadyāt) should give
- āhuti
- oblations
- trayam
- three
Meaning
The mantra, with svāhā (the two ṭhas): "kṣuramuṇḍin śiśoḥ kṣauraṁ sukhaṁ sādhaya svāhā". The barber then shaves the head while the father makes three offerings to Prajāpati.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
What should the father say to the barber? To that he says "kṣuramuṇḍin" and the rest. O barber, you who shave with the razor, perform the child's shaving so that it is comfortable: ṭhadvaya, svāhā. Reciting this mantra, from "kṣuramuṇḍin" to "sādhaya svāhā", looking at the barber, the child's father should give three oblations for Prajāpati into the fire named Satya. [Assembled: kṣuramuṇḍin śiśoḥ kṣauraṁ sukhaṁ sādhaya svāhā.]