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And they lead him (i.e. the boy who is to be initiated) on, with his head shaven all round, and decked with ornaments. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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).' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.10) tūṣṇīṃ vā \10\ > Or silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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).' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.15) athainaṃ sūryamudīkṣayati taccakṣuriti \15\ > He then makes him look at the sun with (the verse), 'That eye' (Vâg. Samh. XXXVI, 24). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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? > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.18) asāvahaṃ bho \3\ > He replies, 'I am N.N., sir!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.19) iti pratyāha \18\ > He then says to him, 'Whose pupil (brahmakârin) art thou?' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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\\ ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.2.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.21.21.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Revantapūjā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.revantapuja.2.26) — Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara.2.p2.28) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-khandabhatta.2.p2.28) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-siddhesvara.2.p2.28) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.8.p109.2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.3.p124) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Upanayanapaddhati (Rāmadatta Mantrin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.upanayana.upanayanapaddhati-ramadatta-mantrin.p1.2) — Rāmadatta Mantrin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2) · Pramāṇa