Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.2.5
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.2.5
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2.2.5.1
tṛtīye varṣe cauḷakarma \
In the third year is the tonsure ceremony.
2.2.5.2
āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre 'gnimupasamādhāya vyāhṛtiparyantaṃ kṛtvā juhoti imaṃ me varuṇa tatvā yāmi tvanno agne sa tvanno agne tvamagne ayāsi prajāpate yadasya karmaṇo 'tyarīricam iti ca \
In the waxing fortnight, on an auspicious asterism, having piled up the fire and performed [the rites] up to the mystic utterances, he offers with: 'This of mine, O Varuṇa...', 'To you I go...', 'So to us, O Agni...', 'Be you unto us, O Agni...', 'You, O Agni, are the wanderer...', 'O Prajāpati...', and: 'Whatever of this rite I have done in excess...'
2.2.5.3
atraike jayābhyātānān rāṣṭrabhṛta ityupajuhvati \
Here some offer additionally the Jaya, Abhyātāna, and Rāṣṭrabhṛt offerings.
2.2.5.4
yathā purastād brāhmaṇaānannena pariviṣya puṇyāhaṃ svastyayanamṛddhimiti vācayitvā apareṇāgniṃ prāṅmukhaḥ kumāra upaviśati \
As before, having served the Brahmins with food and caused them to pronounce 'auspicious day', 'welfare', [and] 'prosperity', the boy sits to the west of the fire, facing east.
2.2.5.5
uttarato mātā brahmacārī vā ānaḍuhaṃ śakṛtpiṇḍaṃ dhārayati yenāsya keśān pratigṛhṇāti \
To the north, the mother or a Vedic student holds a lump of bull's dung, with which he catches his hair.
2.2.5.6
athoṣṇāḥ śītābhirapaḥ saṃsṛjati \
Then he mixes warm water with cold [water].
2.2.5.7
śītāsūṣṇā ānīya āpa undantu jīvase dīrghāyutvāya varcase iti dakṣiṇaṃ godānamanakti \
Having poured the warm into the cold [water], he moistens the right side of the hair on the head with: 'May the waters moisten [you] for life, for longevity, for brilliance.'
2.2.5.8
oṣadhe trāyasvainam ūrdhvāgnamoṣadhīrantardadhāti \
With: 'O herb, protect him', he inserts the herbs pointing upwards.
2.2.5.9
svadhite mainam̐ hiṃsīḥ iti kṣureṇābhinidadhāti \
With: 'O razor, harm him not', he applies the razor.
2.2.5.10
devaśrūretāni pravape iti pravapati \
With: 'I shave these that are heard by the gods', he shaves.
2.2.5.11
evamitarān pradakṣiṇam \
Likewise the others, clockwise.
2.2.5.12
yenāvapat savitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān \
'With which razor Savitṛ, the knowing, shaved [the hair] of King Soma and Varuṇa, /'
2.2.5.13
tena brahmāṇo vapatedamasyojemaṃ rayyā varcasā sam̐sṛjātha iti paścāt yena pūṣā bṛhaspateragnerindrasya cāpuṣe 'vapat tenade 'haṃ vapāmyasau ityuttarataḥ yathā jyok sumanā asāḥ \
'with that, O Brahmins, shave this [head] of his; endow him with vigour, wealth, and brilliance' — at the back; 'With which Pūṣan shaved Bṛhaspati's, Agni's, and Indra's [head] for long life, with that I shave [your head], O N.N., so that you may long be happy /' — on the north;
2.2.5.14
jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe iti purastād uptvā yathoditaṃ cauḷaṃ kārayati \
'and long see the sun' — having shaved in front, he causes the tonsure to be made according to prescription;
2.2.5.15
yathaṛṣi vā \
or according to the [custom of their] seer.
2.2.5.16
sannyasya keśān yatra pūṣā bahaspatiḥ savitā somo agniḥ \
"Depositing the hairs where Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati, Savitṛ, Soma, [and] Agni [dwell],
2.2.5.17
tebhyo nidhānaṃ bahudhā vyaicchannantarā dyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ suvaḥ iti goṣṭhaudumbare darbhastambe vā nikhanati yo 'sya rātirbhavati \
sought many a place of concealment for them between heaven and earth, the waters, [and] the sun"—with this [formula] he buries [them] in a cowpen, at [the foot of] an udumbara tree, or in a clump of darbha grass, whoever is his benefactor.
2.2.5.18
yathāśraddhaṃ brāhmaṇāya dadāti \
He gives to a Brahmin according to his faith.
2.2.5.19
sarpiṣmantamodanaṃ nāpitāya prayacchati \
He gives boiled rice with ghee to the barber.
2.2.5.20
ityevaṃ vihitaṃ ṣoḍaśe varṣe godānakarma saśikhaṃ vāpayate \
Thus prescribed, in the sixteenth year [occurs] the ceremony of the gift of a cow; he has [himself] shaved together with the lock of hair.
2.2.5.21
śikhāmātramatiśinaṣṭi ityekeṣām \
"He leaves behind only the lock of hair," say some.
2.2.5.22
agnigodāno vā bhavati \
Or he is one whose gift of a cow is [dedicated] to Agni.
2.2.5.23
gurave gāṃ dadāti \\5\\
He gives a cow to the teacher. || 5
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