गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage
Verse 226
आचारादर्जितां भिक्षां समर्प्य गुरवे शिवे । शुद्धोपवीतयुगलं परिधायाम्बरे शुभे ॥ २२६ ॥
ācārādarjitāṁ bhikṣāṁ samarpya guravē śivē | śuddhōpavītayugalaṁ paridhāyāmbarē śubhē || 226 ||
Translation
and the alms gathered by custom, he offers to the guru, O Śivā; then, putting on a pair of clean threads and two fine cloths,
Word by word
- ācārāt
- (ācārāt) by custom
- arjitāṁ
- gathered
- bhikṣāṁ
- alms
- samarpya
- having offered
- guravē
- to the guru
- śivē
- O Śivā
- śuddha
- clean
- upavīta
- threads
- yugalaṁ
- a pair
- paridhāya
- having put on
- ambarē
- two cloths
- śubhē
- fine
Meaning
By custom friends and relatives give money to the boy as alms right after the investiture; this he hands to his guru.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 225.