चरुकर्मThe rite of the caru
Verse 71
प्रकृते कर्मणि शिवे चरुर्येषां कुलागमः । सिद्ध्यर्थं कर्मणान्तेषां चरुकर्म निगद्यते ॥ ७१ ॥
prakṛtē karmaṇi śivē caruryēṣāṁ kulāgamaḥ | siddhyarthaṁ karmaṇāntēṣāṁ carukarma nigadyatē || 71 ||
Translation
O Śivā, for those in whose family the caru is the custom in the rite in hand, I now tell the rite of the caru, so that their rites may succeed.
Word by word
- prakṛtē
- in hand
- karmaṇi
- in the rite
- śivē
- O Śivā
- caruḥ
- (caruḥ) the caru
- yēṣāṁ
- of whom
- kula
- in the family
- āgamaḥ
- (āgamaḥ) the custom
- siddhyarthaṁ
- for the success
- karmaṇām
- (karmaṇām) of the rites
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- caru
- of the caru
- karma
- the rite
- nigadyatē
- is told
Meaning
Caru is rice boiled in milk with sugar, offered to the gods as "the supreme food" (paramānna), as the commentary defines it. Some families traditionally offer caru in the sacraments, the ṛtu-saṁskāra and the rest; for them Śiva adds the procedure, so that their rite is complete in their own way. "Kulāgamaḥ" is read by the ṭīkā as "he in whose family the caru has come down", a family custom.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Prakṛte" and the rest. "Prakṛte karmaṇi": in the rite in hand, the ṛtu-saṁskāra and the rest. Caru: rice boiled (in milk) as the supreme food (paramānna) for the deity. "Kulāgamaḥ": he whose caru has come (āgama, coming) into the family.