Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.2

English (machine translation) 2.2

Language: English

2.2.1

Having filled his hands joined as a cup with water, he then asks him: 'What is your name?'

2.2.2

'I am so-and-so, sir,' the other [replies].

2.2.3

'Do we share the same ṛṣi ancestry?' says the preceptor.

2.2.4

'I share the same ṛṣi ancestry, sir,' the other [replies].

2.2.5

'Become a Vedic student,' says the preceptor.

2.2.6

'May I become a Vedic student,' the other [replies].

With: 'Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ,' having poured three cupfuls of water into his hands joined as a cup, having grasped his hands with his right hand over the left, he recites: 'At the impulse of the divine Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I initiate you, so-and-so.'

2.2.8

With: 'Thee of the hosts...' for one desirous of a host;

2.2.9

With: 'May the non-harming ones come...' for a warrior;

2.2.10

With the great mystical utterances for one who is diseased.

2.2.11

[He recites:] 'Bhaga has grasped your hand; Pūṣan has grasped your hand; Savitṛ has grasped your hand; Aryaman has grasped your hand; Mitra has grasped your hand; you are Mitra by duty; Agni is your preceptor, and both so-and-so and I. / O Agni, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Indra, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Āditya, I hand over this Vedic student to you! O Viśvedevas, I hand over this Vedic student to you—for long life of a hundred autumns, for lordship over all the Vedas, for good renown, for welfare.'

2.2.12

With: 'Turn according to the turn of Indra; turn following the turn of Āditya,' having turned around clockwise, touching his right shoulder with his right hand stretched from thumb to forefinger, he recites:

2.2.13

'Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ! May I, harmless, be dear to your heart; may you not sever me, so-and-so!'

2.2.14

Having silently turned around counter-clockwise, then placing his hand with fingers pointing upward on his heart, he recites: 'Into my vow I place your heart; may your mind follow my mind; heed my word with single-minded attention; may Bṛhaspati join you to me; you are a Vedic student of desire, so-and-so.'

2.2.15

With that very formula, having turned around in that same way, touching his right arm with his right hand stretched from thumb to forefinger, he says: 'You are a Vedic student; put on kindling wood; sip water; do the work; do not sleep during the day; restrain your speech until the putting on of kindling wood.'

2.2.16

With: 'This is your kindling wood, O Agni,' he puts on kindling wood;

2.2.17

Or silently.

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Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit