उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 197
मन्त्रेणानेन शिशवे दद्यात् कृष्णाजिनान्वितम् । यज्ञोपवीतं दण्डञ्च वैणवं खादिरञ्च वा । पालाशमथवा दद्यात् क्षीरवृक्षसमुद्भवम् ॥ १९७ ॥
mantrēṇānēna śiśavē dadyāt kṛṣṇājinānvitam | yajñōpavītaṁ daṇḍañca vaiṇavaṁ khādirañca vā | pālāśamathavā dadyāt kṣīravṛkṣasamudbhavam || 197 ||
Translation
With this mantra he should give the boy the sacred thread with the black antelope skin, and a staff, of bamboo or of khadira, or of palāśa, or from a milky tree.
Word by word
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- anēna
- this
- śiśavē
- to the boy
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) should give
- kṛṣṇājina
- the black antelope skin
- anvitam
- (anvitam) with
- yajñōpavītaṁ
- the sacred thread
- daṇḍaṁ
- a staff
- ca
- and
- vaiṇavaṁ
- of bamboo
- khādiraṁ
- of khadira
- vā
- or
- pālāśam
- (pālāśam) of palāśa
- athavā
- or
- kṣīra
- milky
- vṛkṣa
- from a tree
- samudbhavam
- (samudbhavam) grown
Meaning
The student's marks: the thread, the skin of the black antelope (kṛṣṇājina), and the daṇḍa, a staff of bamboo, khadira, palāśa, or a tree with milky sap.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Mantreṇa" and the rest. With this mantra, from "yajñopavītam" to "balam astu tejaḥ", he should give the boy the sacred thread together with the black antelope skin (kṛṣṇājina, the hide of a black deer).and he should give the boy a staff (daṇḍa) of bamboo (vaiṇava, grown from bamboo), or of khadira (grown from the khadira tree), or of palāśa (grown from the palāśa), or one grown from a milky tree.