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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.3) abhivādya pādāvācāryasya ca pāṇī prakṣālya mūle kuśataruṇān gṛhṇāti \3\ > Having greeted the feet and washed the hands of the preceptor, he takes young shoots of kuśa grass by their roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.4) tān savyenācāryo 'gre saṃgṛhya dakṣiṇenādbhiḥ pariṣiñcati \4\ > Grasping their tips with his left hand, the preceptor sprinkles them around with water using his right. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.5) adhīhi bhoḥ ityuktvā ācāryaḥ \5\ > The preceptor having said, 'Recite, sir!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.6) oṃpūrvā vyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrīṃ bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \6\ > The other says, 'Teach me, sir, the Sāvitrī preceded by the syllable Oṃ and the mystical utterances!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.7) oṃpūrvā vyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrīṃste 'nubravīmi ityācāryaḥ \7\ > The preceptor says, 'I teach you the Sāvitrī preceded by the syllable Oṃ and the mystical utterances.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.8) ṛṣīn bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \8\ > The other says, 'Teach me, sir, the seers!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.9) ṛṣīṃste 'nubravīmi ityācāryaḥ \9\ > The preceptor says, 'I teach you the seers.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.10) devatā bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \10\ > The other says, 'Teach me, sir, the deities!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.11) devatāste 'nubravīmi ityācāryaḥ \11\ > The preceptor says, 'I teach you the deities.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.12) chandāṃsi bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \12\ > The other says, 'Teach me, sir, the metres!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.13) chandāṃsi te 'nubravīmi ityācāryaḥ \13\ > The preceptor says, 'I teach you the metres.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.14) śraddhāmedhe bho anubrūhi itītaraḥ \14\ > The other says, 'Teach me, sir, faith and intellect!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.15) śraddhāmedhe te 'nubravīmi ityācāryaḥ \15\ > The preceptor says, 'I teach you faith and intellect.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.16) yena yenarṣiṇā yo yo yaddevatyo yacchandā vā syāt tathā tathā taṃ taṃ mantramanubrūyāt \16\ > By whatever seer, dedicated to whatever deity, or in whatever metre \[a hymn\] may be, he should recite each mantra accordingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.17) api vāvindan ṛṣidaivatachandāṃsyevamevaikaikamṛṣimanuvākaṃ vānubrūyāt \17\ > Or, if he does not know the seer, deity, and metre, he should recite each seer or anuvāka in the very same way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.18) kṣudrasūkteṣvanuvākaṃ vānubrūyāt \18\ > Or, in the case of short hymns, he should recite an anuvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.19) yāvadvā gururmanyeta \19\ > Or as much as the guru deems fit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.20) ādyottame vānubrūyādṛṣeranuvākasya \20\ > Or he should recite the first and last \[verses\] of the seer, \[or\] of the anuvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.21) ādyuttamā ityeṣā prakṛtiriti \21\ > 'The first and last'—this is the standard rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.22) kāmaṃ sūktādāvācāryaḥ \22\ > The preceptor may, if he wishes, \[recite\] at the beginning of each hymn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.23) ityetadṛṣisvādhyāyena vyākhyātam \23\ > Thus has been explained through the recitation of the seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.24) samā te kuśataruṇānādāya ānaḷuhena gomayena mūlakuṇḍaṃ kṛtvā yathoktamadbhiḥ pariṣiñcati \24\ > Taking the young shoots of kuśa grass with \[the mantra\], 'Equal to you \[…\],' and making a basin at the base with cow-dung of a bull, he sprinkles \[them\] around with water as prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4.25) athemāstarpayati \\25\\ > Then he satisfies these \[with libations\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.4) · Pramāṇa