उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 188
कृतनित्यक्रियो विद्वान् पञ्च देवान् समर्चयेत् । गौर्यादिमातृकाश्चैव वसुधारां प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ १८८ ॥
kṛtanityakriyō vidvān pañca dēvān samarcayēt | gauryādimātṛkāścaiva vasudhārāṁ prakalpayēt || 188 ||
Translation
Having done his daily rites, the learned one should worship the five gods and the Mothers, Gaurī and the rest, and make the stream of wealth;
Word by word
- kṛta
- done
- nitya
- daily
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) whose rites
- vidvān
- the learned one
- pañca
- the five
- dēvān
- gods
- samarcayēt
- should worship
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- ādi
- and the rest
- mātṛkāḥ
- (mātṛkāḥ) the Mothers
- caiva
- (ca eva) and
- vasudhārāṁ
- the stream of wealth
- prakalpayēt
- should make
Meaning
The common opening, as at verses 86-92.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the procedure of the act of investiture with the sacred thread with "kṛtanityakriyaḥ" and the rest. "Pañca devān": Brahmā and the rest.