उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 189
वृद्धिश्राद्धं ततः कुर्यात् देवतापितृतृप्तये । कुशण्डिकोक्तविधिना धाराहोमान्तमाचरेत् ॥ १८९ ॥
vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ tataḥ kuryāt dēvatāpitṛtṛptayē | kuśaṇḍikōktavidhinā dhārāhōmāntamācarēt || 189 ||
Translation
then he performs the vṛddhi-śrāddha, to satisfy the gods and the ancestors, and does the rite to the end of the dhārā-homa by the procedure of the kuśaṇḍikā.
Word by word
- vṛddhi
- of increase
- śrāddhaṁ
- the śrāddha
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- kuryāt
- he should perform
- dēvatā
- of the gods
- pitṛ
- and the ancestors
- tṛptayē
- for the satisfaction
- kuśaṇḍikā
- of the kuśaṇḍikā
- ukta
- told
- vidhinā
- by the procedure
- dhārā
- stream
- hōma
- homa
- antam
- (antam) to the end of
- ācarēt
- should do
Meaning
The ancestral offering and the kuśaṇḍikā precede the investiture.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 188.