320 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 5

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$ri-Suka uvaca
nandas tv atmaja utpanne
jatahlado mahé-manaéh
Ghiya vipran veda-jnan
snatah Sucir alankrtah

vdcayitvd svastyayanam
Jata-karmatmajasya vai

kaérayaém dasa vidhivat
pitr-devarcanam tatha

Sri-Sukah uvaéca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; nandah—Mahiaraja
Nanda; tu—indeed; dtmaje—his son; utpanne—having been born;
Jata—overwhelmed; aGhladdah—in great jubilation; mahd-manah—who
was great minded; dhiya—invited; vipran—the brahmanas; veda-
jfian—who were fully conversant in Vedic knowledge; sndtah—taking a
full bath; sucih—purifying himself; alankrtah—being dressed very
nicely with ornaments and fresh garments; vacayitvd—after causing to
be recited; svasti-ayanam—Vedic mantras (by the braéhmanas); jata-
karma—the festival for the birth of the child; dtmajasya—of his own
son; vai—indeed; kdrayaém dsa—caused to be performed; vidhi-vat—
according to the Vedic regulations; pitr-deva-arcanam—the worship of
the forefathers and the demigods; tatha—as well as.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Nanda Maharaja was naturally very mag-
nanimous, and when Lord Sri Krsna appeared as his son, he was
overwhelmed by jubilation. Therefore, after bathing and purify-
ing himself and dressing himself properly, he invited brahmanas
who knew how to recite Vedic mantras. After having these
qualified brahmanas recite auspicious Vedic hymns, he arranged to
have the Vedic birth ceremony celebrated for his newborn child
according to the rules and regulations, and he also arranged for
worship of the demigods and forefathers.
