कर्णवेधःPiercing the ears
Verse 183
आपोहिष्ठेति मन्त्रेण अभिषिच्य सुतं ततः । शान्त्यादिदक्षिणां कृत्वा चूड़ाकर्म समापयेत् ॥ १८३ ॥
āpōhiṣṭhēti mantrēṇa abhiṣicya sutaṁ tataḥ | śāntyādidakṣiṇāṁ kṛtvā cūḍākarma samāpayēt || 183 ||
Translation
Then, sprinkling the son with the mantra "āpo hi ṣṭhā", and doing the rite of peace, the fee and the rest, he should close the tonsure.
Word by word
- āpaḥ
- (āpaḥ) waters
- hiṣṭha
- (hi ṣṭha) you are
- iti
- thus
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- abhiṣicya
- having sprinkled
- sutaṁ
- the son
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- śānti
- peace
- ādi
- and the rest
- dakṣiṇāṁ
- the fee
- kṛtvā
- having done
- cūḍākarma
- (cūḍākarma) the tonsure
- samāpayēt
- should close
Meaning
The child is sprinkled with the waters' hymn of verses 150-152; then the śānti-karma and the dakṣiṇā end the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 182.