उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 204
त्वां प्रजापतये वत्स सवित्रे वरुणाय च । पृथिव्यै विश्वदेवेभ्यः सर्वदेवेभ्य एव च । समर्पयामि ते सर्वे रक्षन्तु त्वां निरन्तरम् ॥ २०४ ॥
tvāṁ prajāpatayē vatsa savitrē varuṇāya ca | pṛthivyai viśvadēvēbhyaḥ sarvadēvēbhya ēva ca | samarpayāmi tē sarvē rakṣantu tvāṁ nirantaram || 204 ||
Translation
"Child, I give you over to Prajāpati, to Savitṛ and Varuṇa, to the Earth, to the Viśvedevas and to all the gods: may they all guard you without end."
Word by word
- tvāṁ
- you
- prajāpatayē
- to Prajāpati
- vatsa
- O child
- savitrē
- to Savitṛ
- varuṇāya
- to Varuṇa
- ca
- and
- pṛthivyai
- to the Earth
- viśvadēvēbhyaḥ
- (viśvadevebhyaḥ) to the Viśvedevas
- sarva
- all
- dēvēbhyaḥ
- (devebhyaḥ) to the gods
- ēva
- also
- samarpayāmi
- I give over
- tē
- (te) they
- sarvē
- all
- rakṣantu
- may guard
- nirantaram
- without end
Meaning
The boy is placed under the protection of all the gods.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
To which gods should the guru entrust the pupil? To that he says "tvāṁ prajāpataye vatsa" and the rest.