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SlOkam 6
Mrunalathanthu santhana samsthana dhavaladhvisha |
Sobhitham yajnasuthrena nabhibhinbha sanbhina ||
Word to word meaning
- Mrunalathanthu santhana samsthana dhavaladhvisha – glittering white like the continuous thread in the fibrous root of lotus,
- nabhibhinbha sanbhina – possessing the circle shaped navel,
- yajnasuthrena – by the sacred thread (yajnasutram), _
- Sobhitham – adorned by…
Commentary
In this Sloka, he describes the sacred thread (yajnopaveeta) adorned over the chest. Dattatreya says that the white sacred thread must be prepared with fresh cotton. Medhathiti, a learned commentator on Manusmriti, also says that saints must have teeth, jalapavitra (water strainer) and sacred thread – all the three to be always maintained in pure white form. Maharishis say that the following are different names of sacred thread: upavitham (Invested with the sacred thread), brahmasutra (sacred thread worn over the shoulder), sutram (thread), yajnopaveetham (sacred thread) and devalakshyam (brahmanical cord). – the singular word denotes that saint’s sacred thread is a combination of three strings. The sages Vyasa and Bharathwaja stipulated one thread for sanyasi, for brahmachari also only one thread attached with a piece of deer skin and for the house holder (grahastha) and a religious hermit (vanaprasthan) who lives with his wife and doing penance in the forest, there has to be another thread in the form of upper garment, in addition to two threads; so in total three threads have to be adorned. It is to be noted that Maharishis say that one whose thread extends only up to upper part of navel will have short lifespan; one whose thread extends below the navel, will lose his acquired powers. Hence, knowledgeable person will have the thread just up to navel.
Translation by Dr M Varadarajan
Source: http://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/index.php/2015/09/purva-dhinacharya-tamil-6/
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