Apastambagrihyasutra 4.11: ekādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

4.11.1

brahmacaryamāgāmiti kumāra āha \ 1 \

The boy says, 'I am come to be a student' (II, 3, 26).

4.11.2

praṣṭaṃ parasya prativacanaṃ kumārasya \ 2 \

The other (i.e. the teacher) has to ask; the boy has to answer (II, 3, 27-30).

4.11.3

śeṣaṃ paro japati \ 3 \

The other murmurs the rest (of the Anuvâka),

4.11.4

pratyagāśiṣaṃ cainaṃ vācayati \ 4 \

And causes the boy to repeat (the Mantra) which contains wishes for himself (II, 3, 32).

4.11.5

uktamājyabhāgāntam \ 5 \

(The rites) down to the Âgyabhâgas have been prescribed.

4.11.6

atrainamuttarā āhutīrhāvayitvā jayādi pratipadyate \ 6 \

Having then caused him to sacrifice the oblations (indicated in the) next (Mantras; M. II, 4, 1-11), he enters upon (the performance) of the Gaya and following oblations.

4.11.7

pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvāpareṇāgnimudagagraṃ kūrcaṃ nidhāya tasminnuttareṇa yajuṣopanetopaviśati \ 7 \

Having performed (the rites) down to the sprinkling (of water) round (the fire), he puts down, to the west of the fire, a bunch of northward-pointed grass; on that (the teacher) who performs the initiation, sits down with the next Yagus (M. II, 4, 12).

4.11.8

purastāt pratyaṅṅāsīnaḥ kumāro dakṣiṇena pāṇinā dakṣiṇaṃ pādamanvārabhyāha sāvitrīṃ bho anubrūhi iti \ 8 \

The boy, sitting to the east (of him), facing the west, seizes with his right hand (the teacher's) right foot and says, 'Recite the Sâvitrî, Sir!'

4.11.9

tasmā anvāha tatsavituriti \ 9 \

He recites (the Sâvitrî) to him, 'That (glorious splendour) of Savitri' (Taitt. Samh. I, 5, 6, 4; M. 4, 13);

4.11.10

paccho 'rdharcaśastatassarvām \10\

Pâda by Pâda, hemistich by hemistich, and the whole (verse).

4.11.11

vyāhṛtīrvihṛtāḥ pādādiṣvanteṣu vā tathārdharcayoruttamāṃ kṛṣsnāyām \11\

(When repeating the Sâvitrî Pâda by Pâda, he pronounces) the Vyâhritis singly at the beginning or at the end of the Pâdas;

4.11.12

kumāra uttareṇa mantreṇottaramoṣṭamupaspṛśate \12\

In the same way (the first and the second Vyâhriti at the beginning or at the end) of the hemistichs; the last (Vyâhriti, when he repeats) the whole verse.

4.11.13

karṇāvuttareṇa \13\

With the next Mantra (M. II, 4, 14) the boy touches his upper lip;

4.11.14

daṇḍamuttareṇā ' 'datte \14\

With the next (II, 4, 15) both his ears;

4.11.15

pālāśo daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya naiyyagrodhasskandhajo 'vāṅgro rājanyasya bādara audumbaro vā vaiśyasya \15\

With the next (II, 5, 1) he takes up the staff.

4.11.16

vārkṣo daṇḍa ityavarṇasaṃyogenaika upadiśanti \16\

The staff of a Brâhmana is made of Palâsa wood, that of a Râganya of a branch of the Nyagrodha tree, so that the downward-turned end (of the branch) forms the tip (of the staff), that of a Vaisya of Bâdara or Udumbara wood.

4.11.17

smṛtaṃ ca ma ityetadvācayitvā gurave varaṃ dattvodāyuṣetyutthāpyottarairādityamupatiṣṭhate \17\

Some state (only), without any reference to caste, that the staff should be made of the wood of a tree:

4.11.18

yaṃ kāmayeta nāyamācchidyeteti tamuttarayā dakṣiṇe haste gṛhṇīyāt \18\

After (the teacher) has made him repeat (the formula), 'My memory' (M. II, 5, 2), and he has bestowed an optional gift on his teacher, and (the teacher) has made him arise with (the formula, M. II, 5, 3), 'Up, with life!' (the student) worships the sun with the next (Mantras; II, 5, 4).

4.11.19

tryahametamagniṃ dhārayanti \19\

If (the teacher) wishes, 'May this (student) not be estranged from me,' let him take (the student) by the right hand with the next (verse; II, 5, 6).

4.11.20

kṣāralavaṇavarjanaṃ ca \20\

They keep that fire (used at the Upanayana) three days,

4.11.21

pari tveti parimṛjya tasminnuttarairmantraissamidha ādadhyāt \21\

And (during that time) salted and pungent food should be avoided.

4.11.22

evamanyasminnapi sadāraṇyādedhānāhṛtya \22\

Having wiped (with his hand wet) around (the fire) with (the formula), 'Around thee' (M. II, 6, 1), he should put (twelve) pieces of wood on that (fire) with the next Mantras (II, 6, 2-13).

4.11.23

uttarayā sam̐śāsti \23\

In the same way also on another (fire, when the Upanayana fire is kept no longer),

4.11.24

vāsaścaturthīmuttarayādatte 'nyatparidhāpya \24\

Fetching fuel regularly from the forest.

4.11.2_2

śravaṇāpakṣa oṣadhīṣu jātāsu hastena paurṇamāsyāṃ vā 'dhyāyopākarma \ 2 \

4.11.3_2

agnerupasamādhānādyājyabhāgānte 'nvārabdheṣu kāṇḍaṛṣibhyo juhoti sadasaspataye sāvitryā ṛgvedāya yajurvedāya sāmavedāyātharvaṇavedāyeti hutvā upahomo vedāhutīnāmupariṣṭātsadasaspatimityeke \ 3 \

4.11.4_2

pariṣecanāntaṃ kṛtvā trīnanuvākānādito 'dhīyīran \ 4 \

4.11.5_2

prathamottamāvanuvākau vā \ 5 \

4.11.6_2

tryahamekāhaṃ vā kṣamyādhīyīran \ 6 \

4.11.7_2

athopākaraṇamadhyāyaḥ \ 7 \

4.11.8_2

taiṣīpakṣasya rohiṇyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ votsargaḥ \ 8 \

4.11.9_2

prācīmudīcīṃ vā sagaṇo diśamupaniṣkramya yatrāpaḥ purastātsukhāḥ sukhāvagāhā avakinyaḥ śaṅkhinyaḥ tāsāmantaṃ gatvā 'bhiṣekānkṛtvā surabhimatyābliṅgābhirvāruṇībhirhiraṇyavarṇābhiḥ pāvamanībhiriti mārjayitvāntarjalagato 'ghamarṣaṇena trīnprāṇāyāmān dhārayitvottīryācamyopotthāya darbhānanyonyasmai sampradāya śucau deśe prākkūlairdarbhairāsanāni kalpayanti \ 9 \

4.11.10_2

brahmaṇe prajāpataye vṛhaspataye 'gnaye vāyave sūryāya candramase nakṣatrebhyaḥ ṛtubhyassaṃvatsarāya indrāya rājñe somāya rājñe yamāya rājñe varuṇāya rājñe vaiśravaṇāya rājñe vasubhyo rudrebhya ādityebhyo viśvebhyo devebhyassādhyebhyo marudbhya ṛbhubhyo bhṛgubhyo 'ṅgirobhya iti devagaṇānām \10\

4.11.11_2

atharṣayaḥviśvāmitro jamadagnirbharadvājo gautamo 'trirvasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapa ityete saptarṣayaḥ saptarṣibhyaḥ kalpayitvā dakṣiṇato 'gastyāya kalpayanti \11\

4.11.12_2

tato yāvadekavaidyantaiḥ kalpayanti \12\

4.11.13_2

prācīnāvītāni kṛtvā dakṣiṇato vaiśampāyanāya paiṅgaye tittiraye ukhāyātreyāya padākārāya kauṇḍinyāya vṛttikārāya baudhāyanāya pravacanakārāya āpastambāya sūtrakārāya bharadvājāya sūtrakārāya satyāṣāḍhāya hiraṇyakeśāya ācāryebhya ūrdhvaretobhya ekapatnībhyo vānaprasthebhyaḥ kalpayāmīti \13\

4.11.14_2

atha yathāsvaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayanti mātāmahebhyaśca pṛthak \14\

4.11.15_2

yajñopavītāni kṛtvā teṣveva deśeṣu tathaivānupūrvyā taireva nāmabhirdevānṛṣīṃśca tarpayanti vaiśampāyanaprabhṛtīṃstu mātuḥ prapitāmahaparyantānprācīnāvītinastarpayanti amuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmyamuṃ tarpayāmīti \15\

4.11.16_2

abhipyante vānyonyam \16\

4.11.17_2

yajñopavītāni kṛtvā trīnādito 'nuvākānadhīyīran \17\

4.11.18_2

kāṇḍādīnprathamottamau vā \18\

4.11.19_2

kāṇḍātkāṇḍātprarohantītidvābhyāmupodake dūrvā ropayanti \19\

4.11.20_2

apaḥ pragāhyodadhiṃ kurvanti \20\

4.11.21_2

sarvataḥ parivāryormimantaḥ kurvanti \21\

4.11.22_2

udgāhyātamitorājiṃ dhāvanti \22\

4.11.23_2

pratyetyābhidānāni saktubhirodaneneti brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā vācayati \23\

4.11.24_2

evaṃ pārāyaṇasamāptau ca kāṇḍādi dūrvāropaṇodadhidhāvanavarjam \24\

4.11.25

pratyetya brāhmaṇabhojanādi karma pratipadyate \25\

With the next (formula—M. II, 6, 14—the teacher) instructs (the student in his duties).

4.11.26

evamevādbhiraharahardevānṛṣīnpitṝṃśca tarpayet \26\

On the fourth day (after the Upanayana the teacher) takes the garment (of the student) for himself with the next (verse; M. II, 6, 15), having made him put on another (garment).

4.11.27

ityupākarmotsarjanapaṭalaḥ