गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage
Verse 223
ब्रह्मविद्योपदेशेन पवित्रं ते कलेवरम् । प्राप्ता गृहस्थाश्रमिता तदुक्तं कर्म कल्पय ॥ २२३ ॥
brahmavidyōpadēśēna pavitraṁ tē kalēvaram | prāptā gṛhasthāśramitā taduktaṁ karma kalpaya || 223 ||
Translation
By the teaching of the knowledge of Brahman your body has been made pure; you have reached the householder's stage: do the rites laid down for it.
Word by word
- brahmavidyā
- of the knowledge of Brahman
- upadēśēna
- by the teaching
- pavitraṁ
- pure
- tē
- your
- kalēvaram
- (kalevaram) body
- prāptā
- is reached
- gṛhastha
- householder
- āśramitā
- the stage of
- tat
- (tat) for it
- uktaṁ
- laid down
- karma
- the rites
- kalpaya
- do
Meaning
The Gāyatrī itself has purified the boy. The marriage rite that follows completes his entry into household life.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Brahma" and the rest. Child, by the teaching of the knowledge of Brahman your body has been made pure. Now that you have reached the householder's stage, do (kalpaya, kuru) the rites told for it.