उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 201
हृदि स्पृष्ट्वा पठित्वैनं किन्नामाऽसीति तं वदेत् । शिष्यस्त्वमुकशर्माऽहं भवन्तमभिवादये ॥ २०१ ॥
hṛdi spṛṣṭvā paṭhitvainaṁ kinnāmā’sīti taṁ vadēt | śiṣyastvamukaśarmā’haṁ bhavantamabhivādayē || 201 ||
Translation
Saying this and touching his heart, he asks him, "What is your name?" The pupil answers, "I, so-and-so Śarman, salute you."
Word by word
- hṛdi
- on the heart
- spṛṣṭvā
- having touched
- paṭhitvā
- having said
- ēnaṁ
- this
- kiṁ
- (kim) what
- nāmā
- named
- asi
- are you
- iti
- thus
- taṁ
- to him
- vadēt
- should say
- śiṣyaḥ
- (śiṣyaḥ) the pupil
- tu
- and
- amuka
- so-and-so
- śarmā
- Śarman
- ahaṁ
- I
- bhavantam
- (bhavantam) you
- abhivādayē
- salute
Meaning
The ṭīkā gives the reply as "amuka-devaśarmā", so-and-so Devaśarman. Śarman is the name-ending of a brāhmaṇa; A kṣatriya says Varman and a vaiśya Bhūti.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Hṛdi". The guru, reciting the mantra from "mama vratam" to "śivam" and touching the boy's heart, should say to the pupil, "Child, what is your name?" Asked thus by the guru, the pupil should say, "I, so-and-so Devaśarman, salute you."