गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage
Verse 225
ततः काषायवसनं कृष्णाजिनसमन्वितम् । यज्ञसूत्रं मेखलाञ्च दण्डं भिक्षाकरण्डकम् ॥ २२५ ॥
tataḥ kāṣāyavasanaṁ kṛṣṇājinasamanvitam | yajñasūtraṁ mēkhalāñca daṇḍaṁ bhikṣākaraṇḍakam || 225 ||
Translation
Then the ochre cloth with the black antelope skin, the thread, the girdle, the staff and the alms-basket,
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- kāṣāya
- ochre
- vasanaṁ
- cloth
- kṛṣṇājina
- the black antelope skin
- samanvitam
- (samanvitam) with
- yajñasūtraṁ
- the thread
- mēkhalāṁ
- (mekhalām) the girdle
- ca
- and
- daṇḍaṁ
- the staff
- bhikṣā
- for alms
- karaṇḍakam
- the basket
Meaning
He gives back to the guru everything that marked the student.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. Commanded thus by the guru, the pupil, after that, gives to the guru the red-brown cloth (kāṣāya-vasana, a cloth dyed red-brown), with the black antelope skin, the sacred thread of the sacrifice, the girdle, the staff, the alms-basket (bhikṣākaraṇḍaka, the begging bowl) and the alms gathered according to custom; then, wearing the pair of pure sacred threads and two fine cloths, bearing scent and garlands, he should stand silent near the ācārya, by the guru. Then the guru should say this to the pupil who has entered the householder's stage.