Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.2

2.2.1

aṣṭavarṣaṃ brāhmaṇamupanayedgarbhāṣṭame vā \1\

He should initiate a Brâhmana, when he is eight years old, or in the eighth year after the conception,

2.2.2

ekādaśavarṣaṃ rājanyam \2\

Âsvalâyana, when he is eleven years old,

2.2.3

dvādaśavarṣaṃ vaiśyam \3\

A Vaisya, when he is twelve years old.

2.2.4

yathāmaṅgalaṃ vā sarveṣām \4\

Or according as it is considered auspicious by all (the different families).

2.2.5

brāhmaṇānbhojayettaṃ ca paryuptaśirasamalaṃkṛtamānayanti \5\

He should feed the Brâhmanas. And they lead him (i.e. the boy who is to be initiated) on, with his head shaven all round, and decked with ornaments.

2.2.6

paścādagneravasthāpya brahmacaryamāgāmiti vācayati brahmacāryasānīti ca \6\

(The teacher) makes him place himself to the west of the fire and say, 'I have come hither for the sake of studentship (brahmakarya).' And, 'I will be a student (brahmakârin).'

2.2.7

athainaṃ vāsaḥ paridhāpayati yenendrāya bṛhaspatirvāsaḥ paryadadhādamṛtaṃ tena tvā paridadhāmyāyuṣe dīrghāyutvāya balāya varcasa iti \7\

He then makes him put on a garment with (the verse), 'In the way in which Brihaspati put the garment of immortality on Indra, thus I put (this garment) on thee, for the sake of long life, of old age, of strength, of splendour.'

2.2.8

mekhalāṃ badhnīte \ iyaṃ duruktam paribādhamānā varṇaṃ pavitraṃ punatī ma āgāt \ prāṇāpānābhyāṃ balamādadhānā svasā devī subhagā mekhaleyamiti \8\

He ties round him the girdle with (the verse which the youth recites), 'Here has come to me, keeping away evil words, purifying my kind as a purifier, clothing herself, by (the power of) inhalation and exhalation, with strength, this sisterly goddess, this blessed girdle.'

2.2.9

yuvāsuvāsāḥ parivīta āgātsa u śreyānbhavati jāyamānaḥ \ taṃ dhīrāsaḥ kavaya unnayanti svādhyo manasā devayanta iti vā \9\

Or, 'A youth, well attired, dressed, came hither. He, being born, becomes glorious. Wise sages extol him, devout ones, turning their minds to the gods.'

2.2.10

tūṣṇīṃ vā \10\

Or silently.

2.2.11

yajñopavītaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ prajāpateryatsa hajaṃ purastāt \ āyuṣyamagryaṃ pratimuñca śubhraṃ yajñopavītaṃ balamastu tejaḥ \ yajñopavītamasi yajñasya tvā yajñopavītenopanahyāmītyathājinaṃ prayacchati mitrasyacakṣurddharuṇaṃ balīyastejo yasasvi sthaviraṃ samiddhaṃ anāhanasyaṃ vasanaṃ jariṣṇuḥ parīdaṃ vājyajinaṃ dadhe 'hamiti daṇḍaṃ prayacchati \11\

He gives him the staff.

2.2.12

taṃ pratigṛhṇāti yo me daṇḍaḥ parāpatadvaihāyaso 'dhibhūmyāṃ tamahaṃ punarādada āyuṣe brahmaṇe brahmavarcasāyeti \12\

(The student) accepts it with (the verse), 'My staff which fell down to the ground in the open air, that I take up again for the sake of long life, of holiness, of holy lustre.'

2.2.13

dīkṣāvadeke dīrghasatramupaitīti vaca nāt \13\

According to some (teachers he accepts the staff) in the way prescribed for the inauguration, because it is said, 'He enters upon a long Sattra (or sacrificial period).'

2.2.14

athāsyādbhirañcalinā 'ñjaliṃ pūrayati āpohiṣṭheti tisṛbhiḥ \14\

(The teacher) then with his joined hands fills (the student's) joined hands with water with the three (verses), 'Ye waters are' (Vâg. Samh. XI, 50 seqq.).

2.2.15

athainaṃ sūryamudīkṣayati taccakṣuriti \15\

He then makes him look at the sun with (the verse), 'That eye' (Vâg. Samh. XXXVI, 24).

2.2.16

athāsya dakṣiṇāṃ samadhi hṛdayamālabhate \ mama vrate te hṛdayaṃ dadhāmi \ mama cittamanucittaṃ te astu mama vācamekamanā juṣasva bṛhaspatiṣṭvā niyunaktu mahyamiti \16\

He then touches his heart, (reaching) over his right shoulder, with (the words), 'Into my will I take thy heart, &c.'

2.2.17

āthāsya dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ gṛhītvā ' 'ha ko nāmāsīti \17\

He then seizes (the student's) right hand and says, 'What is thy name?

2.2.18

asāvahaṃ bho \3\

He replies, 'I am N.N., sir!'

2.2.19

iti pratyāha \18\

He then says to him, 'Whose pupil (brahmakârin) art thou?'

2.2.20

āthainamāha kasya brahmacāryasīti \19\

After (the student) has said, 'Yours!'—(the teacher replies,) 'Indra's pupil art thou; Agni is thy teacher; I am thy teacher, N.N.!'

2.2.21

bhavata ityucyamāna indrasya brahmacāryasyagnirācāryastavāhamācāryastavāsāviti \20\

He then gives him in charge to living beings with (the formulas), 'To Pragâpati I give thee in charge. To the god Savitri I give thee in charge. To the waters, the herbs I give thee in charge. To Heaven and Earth I give thee in charge. To the Visve devâs I give thee in charge. To all beings I give thee in charge for the sake of freedom from harm.'

2.2.22

athainaṃ bhūtebhyaḥ paridadāti prajāpataye tvā paridadāmi devāya tvā savitre paridadāmyadbhyastvauṣadhībhyaḥ paridadāmi dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ tvā paridadāmi viśvebhyastvā devebhyaḥ paridadāmi sarvebhyastvā bhūtebhyaḥ paridadāmyariṣṭyā iti \21\ \\2\\