Revanta Worship Ritual 2.6

2.6

p. 27a) keśachedanamantra || oṃ yenāvat savitākṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya
vidvān | tena brahmaṇo vapatedamasyāyuṣyaṃ jaradastiryathāsat || chedya ||
saṃphayakeninina || puvāgomayalimisate || punaḥ paścimabhāge dātavyamaṃtra
|| oṃ savitāprasūtā devyā āpa udaṃtute tanuṃ || cusicarāanasaṃkheye maṃtra
|| oṃ dīrghāyustvā || kuśapuspaduṃvarireye maṃtra || oṃ oṣadhetrāyasva || oṃ
śivānāmāśi || punamupanasaṃḍane maṃtra || oṃ triyāyuṣaṃjamadagne ||
gomayabhāṇḍe nidhāye || punasyottara bhāge dātavya maṃtra || oṃ savitā
prasuvitā devyā āpa udaṃtute tanuṃ || cusivarānasaṃkheyematra || oṃ
dīrghāyustvā || kuśapuṣpadumvarīsaṃsacaye maṃtra || oṃ oṣadhe trāyasva || oṃ
śivo nāmāśi || oṃ nivṛrttayāsyāyuṣe || saṃḍene maṃtra || oṃ yena
tūriścarādivaṃ jyokca paścādhisūryaṃ | tenate vapāsi brahmaṇā jīvā

Mantra for cutting the hair: "oṃ yenāvat savitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān | tena brahmāṇo vapatedam asyāyuṣyaṃ jaradaṣṭir yathāsat ||" Cut [the hair]. Having cut it, the aunt places it into a fresh cowdung lump. Then on the western side the mantra to be applied: "oṃ savitā prasūtā devyā āpa udantu te tanum"; the mantra for touching the hair: "oṃ dīrghāyustvā..."; the mantra for placing kuśa grass and an udumbara branch: "oṃ oṣadhe trāyasva"; "oṃ śivo nāmāsi"; again, the mantra for touching [the hair]: "oṃ tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagneḥ"; placing [the hair] into a cowdung vessel. Again, on the northern side the mantra to be applied: "oṃ savitā prasūtā devyā āpa udantu te tanum"; the mantra for touching the hair: "oṃ dīrghāyustvā..."; the mantra for placing kuśa grass and an udumbara branch: "oṃ oṣadhe trāyasva"; "oṃ śivo nāmāsi"; "oṃ nivartayāsy āyuṣe..."; the mantra for touching: "oṃ yena pūṣā bṛhaspater vāyoḥ suparṇasyāva dhi sūryam | tena te vapāmi brahmaṇā jīvā-