Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.1: prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.1
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prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.1.1
snānaṃ samāvartsyamānasya \1\
The bath of one who is about to return home [from his studenthood].
3.1.2
ānaḷuhe carmaṇyupaviśya keśaśmaśrulomanakhāni vāpayitvā vrīhiyavaistilasarṣapairapāmārgaiḥ sadāpuṣpābhirityucchādyāpohiṣṭhīyenābhiṣicyālaṅkṛtya yuvaṃ vastrāṇi iti vāsasī paridhāya āyuṣyaṃ varcasyamiti sūktena jātarūpamapinahya \2\
Having sat down upon a bull's hide, having had hair, beard, body hair, and nails cut, having rubbed [himself] with rice, barley, sesame, mustard, apāmārga, and ever-blooming flowers, having bathed [himself] with the “Apo hi ṣṭhā” hymn, having adorned himself, having put on two garments with “Ye two garments…”, having tied on gold with the hymn “Conferring long life, conferring luster…”,
3.1.3
utthāne kumārasya ca \3\
and at the rising [ceremony] of a boy.
3.1.4
athāsminnanvārabdha indrāgnibhyāṃ sthālīpākasya hutvā madhuparkaṃ dadyāt \4\
Then, while [the student] touches him from behind, having offered of the boiled sacrificial mess to Indra and Agni, he should give the madhuparka.
3.1.5
pratilīnastadaharāsīta \5\
He should remain in retirement on that day.
3.1.6
vanaspate vīḍvaṅgaḥ śāsa itthā iti rathamārohet \6\
With “O tree, with firm limbs, rule thus…” he should mount a chariot.
3.1.7
yatrainaṃ gatvā paśunā vāhayeyuḥ tatpūrvamupatiṣṭheta \7\
Where they would drive him having arrived with an animal, there he should first pay reverence.
3.1.8
gobhirvā samāvarteta \8\
Or he should return home with cows,
3.1.9
phalavato vā vṛkṣāt \9\
or from a fruit-bearing tree.
3.1.10
indraśreṣṭhāni syonā pṛthivi bhava iti pratyavarohati \10\
With “The best of Indra’s blessings…”, “Be pleasant, O earth…” he descends.
3.1.11
īpsitamannaṃ tadaharbhuñjīta \11\
He should eat whatever food he desires on that day.
3.1.12
ācāryāya vastrayugaṃ dadyāt \12\
He should give a pair of garments to the preceptor,
3.1.13
uṣṇīṣaṃ maṇikuṇḍalaṃ daṇḍopānahaṃ chatraṃ \\ca\\
a turban, jewel-earrings, a staff and sandals, and an umbrella.
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- Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit