[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) › 3.1 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.1: prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.1) snānaṃ samāvartsyamānasya \1\ > The bath of one who is about to return home \[from his studenthood\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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…”, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.3) utthāne kumārasya ca \3\ > and at the rising \[ceremony\] of a boy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.5) pratilīnastadaharāsīta \5\ > He should remain in retirement on that day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.6) vanaspate vīḍvaṅgaḥ śāsa itthā iti rathamārohet \6\ > With “O tree, with firm limbs, rule thus…” he should mount a chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.8) gobhirvā samāvarteta \8\ > Or he should return home with cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.9) phalavato vā vṛkṣāt \9\ > or from a fruit-bearing tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.10) indraśreṣṭhāni syonā pṛthivi bhava iti pratyavarohati \10\ > With “The best of Indra’s blessings…”, “Be pleasant, O earth…” he descends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.11) īpsitamannaṃ tadaharbhuñjīta \11\ > He should eat whatever food he desires on that day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.12) ācāryāya vastrayugaṃ dadyāt \12\ > He should give a pair of garments to the preceptor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1.13) uṣṇīṣaṃ maṇikuṇḍalaṃ daṇḍopānahaṃ chatraṃ \\ca\\ > a turban, jewel-earrings, a staff and sandals, and an umbrella. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.3.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.3.1.2) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.1) · Pramāṇa