Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.10

2.10.1

atha proṣyāyan putrasya mūrdhānam abhijighret /

11 (7). Now, when one has been away, on coming back he should kiss his son's head and say:—

2.10.A

aṅgād aṅgāt sambhavasi hṛdayād adhijāyase /

‘From every limb of mine you come!
Right from my heart you are born forth!
You are myself (ātman), indeed, my son!
So live a hundred autumns long!

2.10.B

ātmā tvaṃ putra māvitha sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam //

2.10.2

asau /

So-and-so!’ —He takes his name.

2.10.3

iti nāmāsya gṛhṇāti /

2.10.C

aśmā bhava paraśur bhava hiraṇyam astṛtaṃ bhava /

‘Become a stone! Become an ax!
Become unconquerable gold!
A brilliance (tejas), son, indeed you are!
So live a hundred autumns long!

2.10.D

tejo vai putra nāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam //

2.10.4

asau /

So-and-so!’ —He takes his name. Then he embraces him, saying: ‘Wherewith Prajāpati embraced his creatures for their security, therewith I embrace you, So-and-so!’—He takes his name. Then he mutters in his right ear:—

2.10.5

iti nāmāsya gṛhṇāti /

2.10.6

athainaṃ parigṛhṇāti /

2.10.E

yena prajāpatiḥ prajāḥ paryagṛhṇāt tadariṣṭyai /

2.10.F

tena tvā parigṛhṇāmi //

2.10.7

asau /

2.10.8

iti nāmāsya gṛhṇāti /

2.10.9

athāsya dakṣiṇe karṇe japati /

2.10.G

asmai prayandhi maghavann ṛjīṣin /

‘Confer on him, O generous one (maghavan), onrushing . . .’

2.10.10

iti /

2.10.H

indra śreṣṭhāni draviṇāni dhehi /

‘O Indra, grant most excellent possessions!’

2.10.11

iti savye /

2.10.I

mā chitthā mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ śataṃ śarada āyuṣaḥ /

[and says:] ‘Be not cut off! Be not perturbed. Live a hundred autumns of life. Son, I kiss your head with your name, So-and-so!’—Thrice he should kiss his head.

2.10.J

jīvasva putra te nāmnā mūrdhānam abhijighrāmi //

2.10.12

asau /

2.10.13

iti trir mūrdhānam abhijighret /

2.10.14

gavām tvā hiṅkāreṇābhihiṅkaromīti trir mūrdhānam abhihiṅkuryāt //10//

‘I make a lowing over you with the lowing of cows.’—Thrice he should make a lowing over his head.