[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Kaushitakagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka) › 2.6.3 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.6.3 Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.3) bhaikṣairācāryaṃ svastivācya araṇye samitpāṇiḥ sandhyāmupāste nityaṃ vāgyata uttarāparamabhimukho 'nvaṣṭamadeśamardhāstamite maṇḍale ā nakṣatrāṇāṃ darśanāt \ atikrāntāyāṃ mahāvyāhṛtīḥ sāvitrīṃ svastyayanāni ca japitvā \3\ > Having made the preceptor say a benediction over the begged food, he always observes the twilight devotion in the forest, with kindling wood in hand, restrained in speech, facing north-west towards the region after the eighth \[point\], when half the disc \[of the sun\] has set, until the appearance of the stars; / when it has passed, having muttered the great mystical utterances, the Sāvitrī, and auspicious verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.2) - [Next: 2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.4) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.6.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.2.9.3) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.3) · Pramāṇa