Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.2: atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.2
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atha dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
2.2.1
adbhirañjaliṃ pūrayitvāthainamāha ko nāmāsi iti \1\
Having filled his hands joined as a cup with water, he then asks him: 'What is your name?'
2.2.2
asāvahaṃ bhoḥ itītaraḥ \2\
'I am so-and-so, sir,' the other [replies].
2.2.3
samārṣaḥ ityācāryaḥ \3\
'Do we share the same ṛṣi ancestry?' says the preceptor.
2.2.4
samārṣo 'haṃ bhoḥ itītaraḥ \4\
'I share the same ṛṣi ancestry, sir,' the other [replies].
2.2.5
brahmacārī bhava ityācāryaḥ \5\
'Become a Vedic student,' says the preceptor.
2.2.6
brahmacārī bhavāni itītaraḥ \6\
'May I become a Vedic student,' the other [replies].
2.2.7
bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ ityañjalāvañjalīṃstrīnāsicya dakṣiṇottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ pāṇī saṃgṛhya japati devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinorbāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāmupanayāmyasau iti \7\
With: 'Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ,' having poured three cupfuls of water into his hands joined as a cup, having grasped his hands with his right hand over the left, he recites: 'At the impulse of the divine Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I initiate you, so-and-so.'
2.2.8
gaṇānāṃ tvā iti gaṇakāmam \8\
With: 'Thee of the hosts...' for one desirous of a host;
2.2.9
āgantāmariṣaṇyata iti yaudham \9\
With: 'May the non-harming ones come...' for a warrior;
2.2.10
mahāvyāhṛtibhirvyādhitam \10\
With the great mystical utterances for one who is diseased.
2.2.11
bhagaste hastamagrabhīt pūṣā te hastamagrabhīt savitā te hastamagrabhīdaryamā te hastamagrabhīnmitraste hastamagrabhīnmitrastvamasi dharmaṇāgnirācāryastavāsāvahaṃ cobhau \ agna etaṃ te brahmacāriṇaṃ paridadāmi indra etaṃ te brahmacāriṇaṃ paridadāmyāditya etaṃ te brahmacāriṇaṃ paridadāmi viśve devā etaṃ vo brahmacāriṇaṃ paridadāmi dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya sarveṣāṃ vedānāmādhipatyāya suślokāya svastaye iti \11\
[He recites:] 'Bhaga has grasped your hand; Pūṣan has grasped your hand; Savitṛ has grasped your hand; Aryaman has grasped your hand; Mitra has grasped your hand; you are Mitra by duty; Agni is your preceptor, and both so-and-so and I. / O Agni, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Indra, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Āditya, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Viśvedevas, I hand over this Vedic student to you—for long life of a hundred autumns, for lordship over all the Vedas, for good renown, for welfare.'
2.2.12
aindrīmāvṛtamāvartasvādityasyāvṛtamanvāvartasva iti pradakṣiṇaṃ paryāvṛtya dakṣiṇena prādeśena dakṣiṇamaṃsamanvārabhya japati \12\
With: 'Turn according to the turn of Indra; turn following the turn of Āditya,' having turned around clockwise, touching his right shoulder with his right hand stretched from thumb to forefinger, he recites:
2.2.13
bhūrbhuvaḥsvarariṣyataste hṛdayasya priyo bhūyāsaṃ mātvamadhyavacchitvāsau iti \13\
'Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ! May I, harmless, be dear to your heart; may you not sever me, so-and-so!'
2.2.14
tūṣṇīmapasavyaṃ paryāvṛtyāthāsyordhvāṅguliṃ pāṇiṃ hṛdaye nidhāya japati mama vrate hṛdayaṃ te dadhāmi mama cittamanucittaṃ te astu mama vācamekamanā juṣasva bṛhaspatiṣṭvā niyunaktu mahyaṃ kāmasya brahmacāryasyasau iti \14\
Having silently turned around counter-clockwise, then placing his hand with fingers pointing upward on his heart, he recites: 'Into my vow I place your heart; may your mind follow my mind; heed my word with single-minded attention; may Bṛhaspati join you to me; you are a Vedic student of desire, so-and-so.'
2.2.15
tenaiva mantreṇa tathaiva paryāvṛtya dakṣiṇena prādeśena dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumanvārabhyāha brahmacāryasi samidhamādhehi apo 'śāna karma kuru divā mā suṣupthāḥ vācaṃ yacchā samidādhānāt \15\
With that very formula, having turned around in that same way, touching his right arm with his right hand stretched from thumb to forefinger, he says: 'You are a Vedic student; put on kindling wood; sip water; do the work; do not sleep during the day; restrain your speech until the putting on of kindling wood.'
2.2.16
eṣā te agne samit ityabhyādadhāti samidham \16\
With: 'This is your kindling wood, O Agni,' he puts on kindling wood;
2.2.17
tūṣṇīṃ vā \\17\\
Or silently.
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