गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage
Verse 221
इत्थमर्थयुतां ब्रह्मविद्यामादिश्य सद्गुरुः । शिष्यं नियोजयेद्देवि गृहस्थाश्रमकर्मसु ॥ २२१ ॥
itthamarthayutāṁ brahmavidyāmādiśya sadguruḥ | śiṣyaṁ niyōjayēddēvi gṛhasthāśramakarmasu || 221 ||
Translation
Having taught the knowledge of Brahman with its meaning in this way, O Devī, the true guru should set the pupil to the duties of the householder's stage.
Word by word
- ittham
- (ittham) thus
- artha
- its meaning
- yutāṁ
- with
- brahmavidyām
- (brahmavidyām) the knowledge of Brahman
- ādiśya
- having taught
- sadguruḥ
- (sadguruḥ) the true guru
- śiṣyaṁ
- the pupil
- niyōjayēt
- (niyojayet) should set
- dēvi
- O Devī
- gṛhastha
- of the householder
- āśrama
- stage
- karmasu
- to the duties
Meaning
The Gāyatrī with its meaning is brahmavidyā, the knowledge of Brahman. In the Kali age, as chapter 8 taught, there are only two stages of life, the householder's and the renunciant's; there is no long student life. So the investiture ends, after the boy has gone for alms (the ṭīkā), with his entry into the householder's stage.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ittham" and the rest. O Devī, having in this way taught the knowledge of Brahman, the Gāyatrī, together with its meaning, and then having had him go out for alms, the true guru should set (niyojayet, pravartayet) the pupil to the duties of the householder's stage.