85,476
edits
Infant's Jatakarma: The Naming of and First Feeding of Solid Food to an Infant: Difference between revisions
Infant's Jatakarma: The Naming of and First Feeding of Solid Food to an Infant (view source)
Revision as of 11:44, 10 May 2015
, 10 May 2015Streamlined
m (added Category:Discourses of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar in 1956 using HotCat) |
m (Streamlined) |
||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
Mádhviirgávo bhavantu nah. | Mádhviirgávo bhavantu nah. | ||
Oṋḿ madhu oṋḿ madhu oṋḿ madhu.</poem></center> | Oṋḿ madhu oṋḿ madhu oṋḿ madhu.</poem></center> | ||
Then they will loudly say in their mother-tongue, understandable by all the members present: | |||
"O gracious Brahma, may we unitedly be able to arrange for the upkeep, medical care and physical growth of this infant who has entered our society today." | |||
Now each of the margiis will take one container of water (cool or lukewarm, temperature of the water will be according to the season) and pour it into a big vessel. After the recitation of the aforementioned verse, they will collectively say: | |||
"O gracious Brahma, may we be able to provide adequate education for the mental development of this infant who has entered our society today." | "O gracious Brahma, may we be able to provide adequate education for the mental development of this infant who has entered our society today." | ||
Then each of them will pour a container of water | Then each of them will pour a container of water. After the recitation of the aforementioned verse, they will collectively say: | ||
"O gracious Brahma, may we succeed, through proper education, in effecting the spiritual elevation of this infant who has entered our society today." | "O gracious Brahma, may we succeed, through proper education, in effecting the spiritual elevation of this infant who has entered our society today." | ||
Then they will repeat the process of pouring water into the vessel | Then they will repeat the process of pouring water into the vessel. After the recitation of the aforementioned verse, they will collectively say: | ||
"O gracious Brahma, may we be able to see Your pervasive manifestation in this infant, in the form of which You have appeared to us today. | "O gracious Brahma, may we be able to see Your pervasive manifestation in this infant, in the form of which You have appeared to us today. | ||
"We collectively give this baby the name . . . . . . ." | "We collectively give this baby the name . . . . . . ." | ||
After that the guardian or the parent of the child will bathe | After that the guardian or the parent of the child will bathe him/her with that sanctified water from the vessel and will be fed solid food for the first time. | ||
Whether a social feast will be organised on this day will depend entirely on the desire and the financial position of the guardians of the child. Taking a loan or incurring a debt for this purpose is forbidden. | Whether a social feast will be organised on this day will depend entirely on the desire and the financial position of the guardians of the child. Taking a loan or incurring a debt for this purpose is forbidden. | ||