Shloka 49
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
जाते पुत्रे पितुः स्नानं सचेलन्तु विधीयते ।
तत्रापि यदि चान्यस्मिन जातॆ जायेत चापरः ॥
jāte putre pituḥ snānaṃ sacelantu vidhīyate | tatrāpi yadi cānyasmin jāte jāyeta cāparaḥ ||
पुत्र जन्मल्यावर पित्याला वस्त्रांसह स्नान करण्याची आज्ञा आहे। आणि त्याच प्रसंगात, एकाचा जन्म झाल्यावर पुन्हा दुसऱ्याचा जन्म झाला (म्हणजे सलग जन्म झाले) तर… (पुढील विधान संदर्भानुसार)।
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FAQs
Even joyful transitions require ritual ordering; the father’s bath marks immediate acknowledgment of a changed household state and readiness to follow prescribed observances.
Ācāra/dharma instruction connected to household life, not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative.
Snāna functions as a rite of reset: it ritually ‘recalibrates’ the father’s status at the moment lineage continuity manifests, preparing the household for the sūtaka framework.