The First Rites Are Completed
Bala Kanda, Doha 193
Doha 193 · Movement 2 of 2
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Under Vasishtha's guidance, the Nandimukha shraddha is performed and every rite of jatakarma completed for the newborn prince. Ancient gesture and mantra receive the child whose existence precedes every lineage.
Sacred fire, water, offerings, blessings, and learned voices gather within the royal chamber. The human order honours Ram according to its most auspicious forms, while the source of that order lies quietly before them.
Dasharatha gives brahmins gold, cows, garments, and jewels. Joy takes material shape and leaves the treasury in generous streams. The birth cannot remain private happiness, so abundance travels outward through hands trained to bless.
Around the newborn Lord, ancient rites flower and the royal treasury opens.
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Dasharatha gives gifts to brahmins after Nandimukha shraddha and jatakarma; cloth, gold and jewels selected
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 196 · printed pages 194. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-194. Printed numbering may differ.
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- King completes NandimukhaSHRADDHA andJATAKARMA; gives BRAHMINS GOLD COWS CLOTH JEWELS.
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नंदीमुख सराध करि जातकरम सब कीन्ह। हाटक धेनु बसन मनि नृप बिप्रन्ह कहँ दीन्ह।।193।।
The Nandimukha shraddha was performed, and all the jatakarma rites were completed. The king gave brahmins gold, cows, garments, and jewels.