[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) › 2.8 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.8: atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.1) athāto daṇḍaniyamaḥ \1\ > Now then the rule for the staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.2) nāntarāgamanaṃ kuryādātmano daṇḍasya ca \2\ > One should not allow anything to pass between oneself and the staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.3) atha ceda daṇḍamekhalopavītānāmanyatamadviśīryeta cchidyeta vā tasya tatprāyaścittiḥ yadudvāhe rathasya \3\ > Now if any of the staff, the girdle, or the sacred thread should break or be cut, its expiation is the same as that for the chariot at marriage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.4) mekhalā cedasandheyā bhavati anyāṃ kṛtvānumantrayate medhyāmedhyavibhāgajñe devi goptri sarasvati \ mekhale skannavicchinne santanoṣi vrataṃ mama \ iti \4\ > If the girdle cannot be repaired, having made another, he recites over it: “O goddess who knows the division between pure and impure, protector Sarasvatī, / O girdle, fallen away and broken, do thou restore my vow!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.5) etayaiva yathārthamupavīte \5\ > With this very \[verse\] suitably \[he addresses\] the sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.6) tvamagne vratabhṛcchuciḥ ityetābhyāmṛgbhyāmāhutīrhutvā atha mekhalāṃ śānte vṛkṣe nidhāya pūrṇe kāle mekhalāmupavītaṃ ca daṇḍe badhnāti \6\ > Having offered oblations with the two verses, “Thou, Agni, vow-holder, pure…”, then placing the girdle on an auspicious tree, when the time is complete, he ties the girdle and the sacred thread to the staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.7) tadapyetat yajñopavītaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca mekhalāmajinaṃ tathā \ juhuyādapsu vrate pūrṇe vāruṇyarcā rasena vā \7\ > This also has been said: “The sacred thread, the staff, the girdle, and likewise the skin / he should cast into water when the vow is complete, with a verse addressed to Varuṇa or with ‘Rasa’.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.8) brahmacārī pravatsyannācāryamanumantrayate prāṇāpānayoḥ ityupāṃśu idaṃ vatsyāvo bho ityuccaiḥ \8\ > The student, when about to go on a journey, addresses the preceptor with: “Of inhalation and exhalation…” in a low voice, and loudly with: “We shall dwell here, sir!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.9) prāṇāpāna uruvyacāstvayā prapadye devāya tvā goptre paridadāmi devasavitareṣa te brahmacārī taṃ gopāya samāmṛta ityupāṃśu oṃ svasti ityuccairācāryaḥ oṃ svastītyuccairācāryaḥ \9\ > “Inhalation and exhalation, wide-extended, with thee I take refuge. I entrust thee to the divine protector. O god Savitṛ, this is thy student; protect him, may he not die!” in a low voice; \[and\] “Om, hail!” the preceptor \[says\] loudly; “Om, hail!” the preceptor \[says\] loudly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8.10) iti kauṣītakagṛhye dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the second chapter in the Kauṣītakagṛhya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.2.13.3) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.asvalayana.1.20-7) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.8) · Pramāṇa