उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 190
प्रातः कृताशनं बालं सुस्नातं समलङ्कृतम् । शिखां विना कृतक्षौरं क्षौमाम्बरविभूषितम् ॥ १९० ॥
prātaḥ kṛtāśanaṁ bālaṁ susnātaṁ samalaṅkṛtam | śikhāṁ vinā kṛtakṣauraṁ kṣaumāmbaravibhūṣitam || 190 ||
Translation
The boy, who has eaten in the morning, been well bathed and adorned, shaved except for the crown-lock, and dressed in fine linen,
Word by word
- prātaḥ
- (prātaḥ) in the morning
- kṛta
- done
- aśanaṁ
- eating
- bālaṁ
- the boy
- susnātaṁ
- well bathed
- samalaṅkṛtam
- (samalaṅkṛtam) adorned
- śikhāṁ
- the crown-lock
- vinā
- except
- kṣauraṁ
- shaved
- kṣauma
- linen
- ambara
- with cloth
- vibhūṣitam
- (vibhūṣitam) dressed
Meaning
The boy is prepared: a light meal, the head shaved but for the śikhā, a bath, ornaments and kṣauma, linen or silk cloth.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Prātaḥ" and the rest. Then, the boy who has eaten (kṛtāśana, who has taken food) in the morning, who has been shaved but for the crown-lock (śikhā), well bathed, adorned with ornaments and the rest, dressed in linen (kṣauma), adorned with two silk cloths: bringing him to the shaded pavilion (chāyāmaṇḍapa), near the fire named Samudbhava, on his own left, on a clean seatseating him, the guru should say to the pupil, "brahmacaryaṁ kuru vatsa" ("practise brahmacarya, child"). After that the boy should tell the guru, "brahmacaryaṁ karomi" ("I practise brahmacarya").