उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 200
दृष्टभास्करमाचार्यो वदेन्माणवकं ततः । मम व्रते मनो धेहि मम चित्तं ददामि ते । जुषस्वैकमना वत्स मम वाचोऽस्तु ते शिवम् ॥ २०० ॥
dṛṣṭabhāskaramācāryō vadēnmāṇavakaṁ tataḥ | mama vratē manō dhēhi mama cittaṁ dadāmi tē | juṣasvaikamanā vatsa mama vācō’stu tē śivam || 200 ||
Translation
When he has seen the Sun, the teacher says to the boy: "Set your mind on my vow; I give you my heart. Serve it with a single mind, child; may my word be good to you."
Word by word
- dṛṣṭa
- who has seen
- bhāskaram
- (bhāskaram) the Sun
- ācāryaḥ
- (ācāryaḥ) the teacher
- vadēt
- (vadet) should say
- māṇavakaṁ
- to the boy
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- mama
- my
- vratē
- on the vow
- manaḥ
- (manaḥ) the mind
- dhēhi
- set
- cittaṁ
- heart
- dadāmi
- I give
- tē
- to you
- juṣasva
- serve
- ēkamanāḥ
- (ekamanāḥ) with a single mind
- vatsa
- O child
- vācaḥ
- (vācaḥ) word
- astu
- may be
- śivam
- (śivam) good
Meaning
The heart of the investiture: the teacher binds the pupil to himself. "My vow" is the teacher's own discipline; the pupil is asked to make it his, and the teacher gives him his own citta, his inner mind.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Dṛṣṭabhāskaram" and the rest. Then the ācārya, the guru, should speak to the boy, the māṇavaka, who has seen the Sun. What should the ācārya say to the boy? To that he says "mama vrate" and the rest. "Juṣasva": serve my vow (vrata). Śivam: good.