उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 198
आपो हि ष्ठेति मन्त्रेण मायया पुटितेन च । त्रिरावृत्त्या कुशाम्भोभिर्धृतदण्डोपवीतिनम् । अभिषिच्य ततस्तोयैः पूरयेद्बालकाञ्जलिम् ॥ १९८ ॥
āpō hi ṣṭhēti mantrēṇa māyayā puṭitēna ca | trirāvṛttyā kuśāmbhōbhirdhṛtadaṇḍōpavītinam | abhiṣicya tatastōyaiḥ pūrayēdbālakāñjalim || 198 ||
Translation
With the mantra "āpo hi ṣṭhā" enclosed by māyā, he sprinkles the boy, now holding staff and thread, three times with kuśa water, then fills the boy's joined palms with water.
Word by word
- āpaḥ
- (āpaḥ) waters
- hi
- for
- ṣṭha
- (ṣṭha) you are
- iti
- thus
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- māyayā
- by māyā (hrīṁ)
- puṭitēna
- enclosed
- ca
- and
- triḥ
- three
- āvṛttyā
- times
- kuśa
- kuśa
- ambhōbhiḥ
- (ambhobhiḥ) with water
- dhṛta
- holding
- daṇḍa
- staff
- upavītinam
- and thread
- abhiṣicya
- having sprinkled
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tōyaiḥ
- with water
- pūrayēt
- (pūrayet) he should fill
- bālaka
- of the boy
- añjalim
- (añjalim) the joined palms
Meaning
The waters' hymn is said with hrīṁ both before and after it (puṭita). The boy, fully equipped as a student, is sprinkled three times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Āpo hi ṣṭhā" and the rest. Then, with the mantra "āpo hi ṣṭhā" enclosed (puṭita) at start and end by māyā, the seed hrīṁ, he sprinkles three times with kuśa-water the boy who now holds the staff and wears the sacred thread, and after that fills the boy's joined palms with water.