उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 202
कस्य त्वं ब्रह्मचारीति गुरौ पृच्छति पार्वति । शिष्यः सावहितो ब्रूयाद्भवतो ब्रह्मचार्यहम् ॥ २०२ ॥
kasya tvaṁ brahmacārīti gurau pṛcchati pārvati | śiṣyaḥ sāvahitō brūyādbhavatō brahmacāryaham || 202 ||
Translation
When the guru asks, "Whose brahmacārin are you?", O Pārvatī, the pupil should answer attentively, "I am your brahmacārin."
Word by word
- kasya
- whose
- tvaṁ
- you
- brahmacārī
- brahmacārin
- iti
- thus
- gurau
- when the guru
- pṛcchati
- asks
- pārvati
- O Pārvatī
- śiṣyaḥ
- (śiṣyaḥ) the pupil
- sāvahitaḥ
- (sāvahitaḥ) attentive
- brūyāt
- (brūyāt) should say
- bhavataḥ
- (bhavataḥ) your
- aham
- I
Meaning
The pupil gives himself to the guru.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Kasya" and the rest. When the guru asks, "Child, whose brahmacārin are you?", the pupil, attentive (sāvahita, sāvadhāna), should say, "I am your brahmacārin."