Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.1: prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.1
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prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
2.1.1
garbhāṣṭameṣu varṣeṣu brāhmaṇamupanayītaiṇeyenājinena \1\
In the eighth year from conception, he should initiate a brāhmaṇa with the skin of a black antelope;
2.1.2
garbhadaśameṣu vā \2\
or in the tenth from conception.
2.1.3
garbhaikādaśeṣu kṣatriyaṃ rauraveṇa \3\
In the eleventh from conception, a kṣatriya with the skin of a spotted deer.
2.1.4
garbhadvādaśeṣu vaiśyaṃ gavyena \4\
In the twelfth [year] from conception, a Vaiśya, with a bovine skin.
2.1.5
ā ṣoḍaśād brāhmaṇasyāpatitā sāvitrī \5\
Until the sixteenth [year], the Sāvitrī has not lapsed for a Brāhmaṇa;
2.1.6
ā dvāviṃśāt kṣatriyasya \6\
Until the twenty-second for a Kṣatriya;
2.1.7
ā caturviṃśādvaiśyasya \7\
Until the twenty-fourth for a Vaiśya.
2.1.8
kāṣāyaṃ vāso brāhmaṇasya \8\
A reddish-brown garment is for a Brāhmaṇa;
2.1.9
māñciṣṭhaṃ kṣatriyasya \9\
A madder-dyed [garment] for a Kṣatriya;
2.1.10
hāridraṃ vaiśyasya \10\
A turmeric-dyed [garment] for a Vaiśya;
2.1.11
ahatena vāsasā sarve \11\
All [may wear] an unbleached garment.
2.1.12
mekhalinaḥ \12\
[They must be] wearing girdles.
2.1.13
mauñjī mekhalā brāhmaṇasya \13\
A girdle of muñja grass is for a Brāhmaṇa;
2.1.14
dhanurjyā kṣatriyasya \14\
A bowstring for a Kṣatriya;
2.1.15
ūrṇāsūtraṃ vaiśyasya \15\
A woolen cord for a Vaiśya.
2.1.16
teṣāṃ daṇḍāḥ \16\
Their staffs:
2.1.17
pālāśo bailvo vā daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya \17\
A staff of palāśa or of bilva is for a Brāhmaṇa;
2.1.18
naiyagrodhaḥ khādiro vā kṣatriyasya \18\
Of nyagrodha or of khadira for a Kṣatriya;
2.1.19
audumbaro vaiśyasya \19\
Of udumbara for a Vaiśya.
2.1.20
evameva homārthe \20\
Just so for the purpose of sacrifice.
2.1.21
ghrāṇāntiko brāhmaṇasya \21\
Reaching up to the nose for a Brāhmaṇa;
2.1.22
lalāṭāntikaḥ kṣatriyasya \22\
Reaching up to the forehead for a Kṣatriya;
2.1.23
keśāntiko vaiśyasya \23\
Reaching up to the hairline for a Vaiśya;
2.1.24
sarve vā sarveṣām \24\
Or all [types of staffs may be used] by all.
2.1.25
yenābandhenopanayīta ācāryādhīnaṃ tat \25\
With whatever tied cord he should initiate him, that depends on the preceptor.
2.1.26
parivāpyopanayettu \26\
Having caused him to shave his hair, however, he should initiate him,
2.1.27
āplāvyāḷaṅkṛtya \27\
Having caused him to bathe and adorned him.
2.1.28
agnaya indrāyādityāya viśvebhyo devebhya iti hutvā jaghanenāgnimupatiṣṭhataḥ prāṅmukha ācāryaḥ pratyaṅmukha itarastiṣṭhan tiṣṭhantamupanayet \28\
Having sacrificed with: 'To Agni, to Indra, to Āditya, to the Viśvedevas,' they take their stand to the west of the fire; the preceptor facing east, the other facing west; standing, he should initiate him while standing.
2.1.29
iyaṃ duruktaṃ paribādhamānā varṇaṃ pavitraṃ punatī na āgāt prāṇāpānābhyāṃ balamāviśantī sakhā devī subhagā mekhaleyam iti trirmekhalāṃ parivṛtya trivṛtātrivṛtenaikagranthirekaḥ \29\
With: 'Fending off harsh speech, purifying the caste, a purifier, she has come to us, entering strength through in-breath and out-breath, a friendly goddess, auspicious is this girdle,' having wound the girdle three times, threefold or three times tripled, there is a single knot;
2.1.30
trayo 'pi vā \30\
Or three [knots].
2.1.31
yajñasyopavītenopavyayāmi dīrghāyutvāya suprajāstvāya suvīryāya sarveṣāṃ vedānāmādhipatyāya yaśase brahmavarcasāya tvā ityupavītena \31\
With the sacrificial cord [and the formula]: 'I invest you with the sacrificial cord of the sacrifice for long life, for good offspring, for heroic vigor, for lordship over all the Vedas, for fame, for holy splendor'—
2.1.32
upanahya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumuddhṛtya śira upadhāya vāmeṃ 'se pratiṣṭhāpayati \32\
Having fastened it, having raised the right arm, placing it over the head, he settles it on the left shoulder.
2.1.33
evaṃ yajñopavītī \33\
Thus he is invested with the sacrificial cord.
2.1.34
viparītaṃ pitrye \34\
It is reversed in an ancestral rite.
2.1.35
ucchiṣṭamityajīnena ca \\35\\
And with the [formula for the] remainder, [he invests him] with the hide.
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