Jatakarma (Ceremony at Birth)
When the child emerges from the womb the covering should be removed and the child should be cleaned. The father should say:
ma nabhim krintata stanyan ca ma datta
“Do not cut the umbilical cord. Do not give breast milk.”
The father should bathe, and then recite prayers to guru and Vishnu smaranam.
A brahmacari, young girl, pregnant mother,Vaishnava scholar or initiated Vaishnava should, on a washed stone slab, grind rice and barely into a powder using an unused stone. The father should take the powder using the thumb and ring finger of his right hand, saying:
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
ma nabhim krintata stanyan ca ma datta
“Do not cut the umbilical cord. Do not give breast milk.”
The father should bathe, and then recite prayers to guru and Vishnu smaranam.
A brahmacari, young girl, pregnant mother,Vaishnava scholar or initiated Vaishnava should, on a washed stone slab, grind rice and barely into a powder using an unused stone. The father should take the powder using the thumb and ring finger of his right hand, saying:
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
anushöup chandah
shri ananto devata
brihiyavacurnena jihva-marjjane viniyogah
om iyam ajna idam annam idam ayuh idam ghritam
“Here is the order. Here is rice (sustenance). Here is a long life. Here is ghee.”
He should place the powder and some ghee on the tongue of the newborn child, using a golden spoon, saying:
Ghee is used because, according to Ayurveda it produces beauty, memory, intellect, talent, lustre, strong semen, and long life.
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
“Here is the order. Here is rice (sustenance). Here is a long life. Here is ghee.”
He should place the powder and some ghee on the tongue of the newborn child, using a golden spoon, saying:
Ghee is used because, according to Ayurveda it produces beauty, memory, intellect, talent, lustre, strong semen, and long life.
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
anushöup chandah
shri madhava-hari-vamanacyutananta devatah
kumarasya sarpih prashane viniyogah
om medham te madhava vamanau
om medham te madhava vamanau
medham harih dadhatu
medham te acyutanantau
adhattam pushkara srajau svaha
“May Madhava, Vamana, and Hari give you intelligence. May Acyuta and Ananta, wearing lotus garlands, bestow intelligence to you.”
He should give ghee again saying:
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
He should give ghee again saying:
om prajapatih vishnu rishih
gayatri chandah
shri vishnuh devata
kumarasya sarpih prashane viniyogah
om sadasi ati priyam krishnasya
om sadasi ati priyam krishnasya
kamyam sanim medham ayasisham svaha
“At this place, I have attained the most precious boon, intelligence for understanding Krishna.”
He should give permission to cut the cord by saying:
nabhim krintata stanyan ca datta
“Cut the cord, give milk.”
The cord should be tied and cut at the proper place and the child should be washed and fed breast-milk.
The father should again take bath.
This is the Jata Karma rite according to the followers of the Sama Veda,
“At this place, I have attained the most precious boon, intelligence for understanding Krishna.”
He should give permission to cut the cord by saying:
nabhim krintata stanyan ca datta
“Cut the cord, give milk.”
The cord should be tied and cut at the proper place and the child should be washed and fed breast-milk.
The father should again take bath.
This is the Jata Karma rite according to the followers of the Sama Veda,
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