चूड़ाकरणम्The tonsure
Verse 180
नापितेन कृतक्षौरं स्नापयित्वा शिशुं ततः । वस्त्रालङ्कारमाल्येन भूषयित्वाऽग्निसन्निधौ ॥ १८० ॥
nāpitēna kṛtakṣauraṁ snāpayitvā śiśuṁ tataḥ | vastrālaṅkāramālyēna bhūṣayitvā’gnisannidhau || 180 ||
Translation
When the barber has shaved him, he bathes the child, adorns him with clothes, ornaments and garlands, and near the fire
Word by word
- nāpitēna
- by the barber
- kṛta
- done
- kṣauraṁ
- shaved
- snāpayitvā
- having bathed
- śiśuṁ
- the child
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- vastra
- with clothes
- alaṅkāra
- ornaments
- mālyēna
- and garlands
- bhūṣayitvā
- having adorned
- agni
- the fire
- sannidhau
- near
Meaning
After the shaving, bath and new clothes.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Nāpitena". Then, having bathed the child whose shaving the barber has done, and adorned him with clothes, ornaments and garlands, he seats him near the fire, on his own left, and performs the sviṣṭakṛt homa.