उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 206
गुरुः शिष्येण संस्पृष्टः समुद्भवहुताशने । पञ्चदेवान् समुद्दिश्य दद्यात् पञ्चाहुतीः प्रिये ॥ २०६ ॥
guruḥ śiṣyēṇa saṁspṛṣṭaḥ samudbhavahutāśanē | pañcadēvān samuddiśya dadyāt pañcāhutīḥ priyē || 206 ||
Translation
The guru, touched by the pupil, should give five oblations into the fire Samudbhava, beloved, for five gods:
Word by word
- guruḥ
- (guruḥ) the guru
- śiṣyēṇa
- by the pupil
- saṁspṛṣṭaḥ
- (saṁspṛṣṭaḥ) touched
- samudbhava
- Samudbhava
- hutāśanē
- into the fire
- pañca
- five
- dēvān
- gods
- samuddiśya
- for
- dadyāt
- should give
- pañcāhutīḥ
- (pañcāhutīḥ) five oblations
- priyē
- O beloved
Meaning
The pupil keeps his hand on the guru while the offerings are made, sharing in them.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Guruḥ". The guru, touched by the pupil, should give five oblations for the five gods into the fire named Samudbhava.