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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) ### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.2.16) eṣā te agne samit ityabhyādadhāti samidham \16\ > With: 'This is your kindling wood, O Agni,' he puts on kindling wood; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.2.17) tūṣṇīṃ vā \\17\\ > Or silently. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.2.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.2.2.12) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.2) · Pramāṇa