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Verse 185
जातकर्मादिचूड़ान्तं कुमार्याश्चाप्यमन्त्रकम् । कर्त्तव्यं पञ्चभिर्वर्णैरेकं निष्क्रमणं विना ॥ १८५ ॥
jātakarmādicūḍāntaṁ kumāryāścāpyamantrakam | karttavyaṁ pañcabhirvarṇairēkaṁ niṣkramaṇaṁ vinā || 185 ||
Translation
From the birth rite to the tonsure, the rites for a girl are done without mantras by all five classes, leaving out only the first going out.
Word by word
- jātakarma
- the birth rite
- ādi
- from
- cūḍā
- (cūḍā) the tonsure
- antaṁ
- to
- kumāryāḥ
- (kumāryāḥ) for a girl
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- amantrakam
- (amantrakam) without mantras
- karttavyaṁ
- is to be done
- pañcabhiḥ
- (pañcabhiḥ) by the five
- varṇaiḥ
- (varṇaiḥ) classes
- ēkaṁ
- one
- niṣkramaṇaṁ
- the first going out
- vinā
- without
Meaning
For daughters, in every class, the sacraments from birth to tonsure are done without mantras, and the niṣkramaṇa is omitted, as verse 157 said.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 182.