samskaraih samskrto dvijah
niseka-adi-the beginning of life (the purificatory process of garbhadhana, performed when the father begets a child by discharging semen into the womb of the mother); smasana-antaih-and at death, when the body is put into a crematorium and burnt to ashes; samskaraih-by such purificatory processes; samskrtah-purified; dvijah-a twiceborn brahmana; indriyesu-into the senses; kriya-yajnan-activities and sacrifices (which elevate one to a higher planetary system); jnana-dipesu-by enlightenment in real knowledge; juhvati-offers.