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# Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.2.11

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.2.11) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.2.3.1) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.chandogya.6.15) — Sanskrit
- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.1.6.15) — Sanskrit

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