Revanta Worship Ritual 2.52

2.52

ācamanaṃ || tataḥ sugaṃdhyo varttanaṃ tūṣṇīṃ || tatoṣṭa kalaśodakena
snānaṃ pūrvvavat maṃtreṇa || snānavidhiḥ || vaṭurācamya || vaṭuṃ yajñopavita
pradāna maṃtra || oṃ yajñopavītaṃ || vaṭurmadhyāna saṃdhyāṃ kṛtvā ||
vaṭurācāryasya uttarabhāge tiṣṭhati || vaṭuhastena caṃdanaṃ gṛhītvā
mukhanāsikā cakṣu karṇayo lepana maṃtra || oṃ prāṇaṃ prānau me tarppaya
taccakṣurmme tarppayet || śrotaṃ me tarppayet || avidyamānye pitari ||
pitṛbhyostilodakaṃ dadyāt || vidyamānyapitari pitara sudhadhvaṃ || hastaṃ
prakṣālya || vaṭuhasta caṃdana gṛhītvā paṭhati maṃtra ||

Sipping water. Then, silent anointing with fragrant substances. Then, bathing with water from the eight water jars with the mantra as before. The bathing rite [is concluded]. The Vedic initiate, having sipped water, [undergoes] the mantra for the bestowal of the sacred thread to the Vedic initiate: "Oṃ yajñopavītaṃ..." The Vedic initiate, having performed the midday twilight devotion, stands to the north of the preceptor. Taking sandalwood paste in his hand, the Vedic initiate [anoints] his face, nose, eyes, and ears with the mantra: "Oṃ, satisfy my in-breath and out-breath, satisfy my eye, satisfy my ear!" If the father is not living, he should offer water with sesame to the ancestors. If the father is living: "Ancestors, purify yourselves!" Having washed his hands, the Vedic initiate, taking sandalwood paste in his hand, recites the mantra: