उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 193
ततो गुरुः प्रसन्नात्मा शिशवे शान्तचेतसे । काषायवाससी दद्यात् दीर्घायुष्ट्वाय वर्चसे ॥ १९३ ॥
tatō guruḥ prasannātmā śiśavē śāntacētasē | kāṣāyavāsasī dadyāt dīrghāyuṣṭvāya varcasē || 193 ||
Translation
Then the guru, glad at heart, gives two ochre cloths to the calm-minded boy, for long life and lustre.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- guruḥ
- (guruḥ) the guru
- prasanna
- glad
- ātmā
- at heart
- śiśavē
- to the boy
- śānta
- calm
- cētasē
- minded
- kāṣāya
- ochre
- vāsasī
- two cloths
- dadyāt
- should give
- dīrghāyuṣṭvāya
- for long life
- varcasē
- for lustre
Meaning
The brahmacārin wears kāṣāya, cloth dyed red-brown, one piece below and one above.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that the guru, with a calm (prasanna) mind, should give to the boy, the pupil whose mind is at peace, two cloths dyed with red-brown (kaṣāya), for long life (dīrghāyuṣṭva: the state of one whose life is long) and for lustre, brilliance.