उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 186
अथोच्यते द्विजातीनामुपवीतक्रियाविधिः । यस्मिन् कृते द्विजन्मानो दैवपैत्राधिकारिणः ॥ १८६ ॥
athōcyatē dvijātīnāmupavītakriyāvidhiḥ | yasmin kṛtē dvijanmānō daivapaitrādhikāriṇaḥ || 186 ||
Translation
Now the procedure of the investiture of the twice-born is told, by which the twice-born become fit for the rites to the gods and the ancestors.
Word by word
- atha
- now
- ucyatē
- (ucyate) is told
- dvijātīnām
- (dvijātīnām) of the twice-born
- upavīta
- of the sacred thread
- kriyā
- rite
- vidhiḥ
- the procedure
- yasmin
- by which
- kṛtē
- when done
- dvijanmānaḥ
- (dvijanmānaḥ) the twice-born
- daiva
- for the gods
- paitra
- and the ancestors
- adhikāriṇaḥ
- (adhikāriṇaḥ) fit
Meaning
Upanayana, the "leading near" to the teacher, is the investiture with the sacred thread. It belongs to the three twice-born classes and makes them adhikārins, fit to perform the rites for gods and ancestors (compare verse 2).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Atha" and the rest. Dvijātīnām: of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas.