उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 205
ततो माणवको वह्निं दक्षिणावर्त्तयोगतः । गुरुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य स्वासने पुनराविशेत् ॥ २०५ ॥
tatō māṇavakō vahniṁ dakṣiṇāvarttayōgataḥ | guruṁ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya svāsanē punarāviśēt || 205 ||
Translation
Then the boy, going round the fire and the guru to the right, should sit down again on his own seat.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- māṇavakaḥ
- (māṇavakaḥ) the boy
- vahniṁ
- the fire
- dakṣiṇāvartta
- turning to the right
- yōgataḥ
- (yogataḥ) by way of
- guruṁ
- the guru
- pradakṣiṇīkṛtya
- having gone round to the right
- sva
- own
- āsanē
- on the seat
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- āviśēt
- should sit
Meaning
Pradakṣiṇa, keeping the honoured one on the right, is the gesture of reverence.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that the māṇavaka, the boy, going round the fire and the guru keeping them to his right (pradakṣiṇa), should sit again on his own seat.