कर्णवेधःPiercing the ears
Verse 184
गर्भाधानादिचूड़ान्तं समानं सर्वजातिषु । शूद्रसामान्यजातीनां सर्वमेतदमन्त्रकम् ॥ १८४ ॥
garbhādhānādicūḍāntaṁ samānaṁ sarvajātiṣu | śūdrasāmānyajātīnāṁ sarvamētadamantrakam || 184 ||
Translation
From garbhādhāna to the tonsure, the rites are the same in every class; for śūdras and the common class all this is done without mantras.
Word by word
- garbhādhāna
- garbhādhāna
- ādi
- from
- cūḍā
- (cūḍā) the tonsure
- antaṁ
- to
- samānaṁ
- the same
- sarva
- in every
- jātiṣu
- class
- śūdra
- for śūdras
- sāmānya
- and the common
- jātīnāṁ
- classes
- sarvam
- (sarvam) all
- ētat
- (etat) this
- amantrakam
- (amantrakam) without mantras
Meaning
Here the text sets out how the classes differ in these rites: the sacraments up to the tonsure belong to every class, but for śūdras and the sāmānya, the mixed fifth class, they are done without the Vedic mantras.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 182.