Shankhayanagrihyasutra 2.12

2.12.1

: atha udīkṣaṇikā /

After (the student) has eaten something in the morning, in the afternoon, to the north-east—

2.12.2

: kṛta prātar āśasya apara ahṇe aparājitāyām diśi /

Having sacrificed, the teacher then asks him with regard to those deities to whom he has been given in charge (see above, chap. 3, 1), 'Hast thou fulfilled the duties of holiness before Agni, Indra, the Sun, and the Visve devâs?'

2.12.3

: hutvā ācāryo atha enam yāsv eva devatāsu parītto bhavati tāsv eva enam pṛchaty.<.agnāv indra āditye viśveṣu ca deveṣu>.caritam te brahmacaryam /

If he answers, 'I have fulfilled them, sir!'—

2.12.4

: caritam bho iti pratyukte /

The teacher three times envelops, from the left to the right, with a fresh garment the face (of the student) who is standing behind the fire, in front of the teacher, with his face to the east.

2.12.5

: paścād agneḥ purastād ācāryasya prān mukhe sthite ahatena vāsasā ācāryaḥ pradakṣiṇam mukham triḥ pariveṣṭya /

He turns the skirt (of that garment) upwards so that it cannot slip down,

2.12.6

: upariṣṭād daśāḥ kṛtvā yathā na sambhraśyeta /

(And says) 'Leaving off for three days the putting on of fuel, the going for alms, the sleeping on the ground, and the obedience to the teacher, fast in the forest, in a god's house or in a place where Agnihotra is performed, keeping silence, with earnest care.'

2.12.7

: trirātram samid ādhānam bhikṣā caraṇam adhaḥ śayyām guru śuśrūṣām ca ākurvan.(?).vāg yato apramatto araṇye deva kule agni hotre vo apavasasva iti /

Here some (teachers) prescribe the same observances only for one night, during which he is to stand.

2.12.8

: atra ha eke tān eva niyamāṃs tiṣṭhato rātryām eva upadiśanti /

The teacher refrains from eating flesh and from sexual intercourse.

2.12.9

: ācāryo amāṃsa āśī brahma cārī /

When those three days or that night has elapsed, going out from the village he shall avoid to look at the following (persons or things) that form impediments for the study (of the Veda):

2.12.10

: trirātre nirvṛtte rāryām vā grāmān niṣkrāman na etān īkṣeta anadhyāyān /

Raw flesh, a Kandâla, a woman that has lately been confined, or that has her courses, blood, persons whose hands have been cut off, cemeteries, and all sorts of corpse-like (animals?) which enter (their dens?) with the mouth first (?), keeping them away from the place where he dwells.

2.12.11

: piśitāmam caṇḍālam sūtikām rajasvalām tedanim apahastakān śmaśānam sarvāṇi ca śava rūpāṇi yāny āsye na praviśeyuḥ svasya vāsān nirasan /

Going out (from the village) in a north-eastern direction the teacher sits down on a clean spot. turning his face to the east.

2.12.12

: prāg udīcīm diśam upaniṣkramya śucau deśe prān mukha ācārya upaviśaty /

When the sun has risen, he recites, in the way prescribed for the Veda-study, (the Âranyaka texts to the student) who is to keep silence and who wears a turban.

2.12.13

: udita āditye anuvācana dharmeṇa vāg yatāya uṣṇīṣiṇe anvāha /

This rule is to be observed only for the Mahânâmnî verses.

2.12.14

: mahānāmnīṣv eva eṣa niyamaḥ /

At the sections however that follow (after the Mahânâmnîs) the other one hears while the teacher recites them for himself.

2.12.15

: atha uttareṣu prakaraṇeṣu svādhyāyam eva kurvata ācāryasya itaraḥ śṛṇoti /

He gives (to the teacher) the turban, a vessel, a good cow.

2.12.16

: uṣṇīṣam bhājanam dakṣiṇām gām dadāti /

(The teacher accepts the gifts) with the verses, 'Thou him' (Rig-veda I, 18, 5), and, 'High in the sky' (Rig-veda X, 107, 2), or (he accepts them) all with the Pranava (i.e. the syllable Om).

2.12.17

: tvam tam ity uccā divi iti ca praṇavena vā sarvam /

Here some prepare a mess of rice for the Visve devâs at all sections (of the Âranyaka);

2.12.18

: atra ha eke vaiśvadevam carum kurvate sarveṣu prakaraṇeṣu /

For the gods to whom he has been given in charge, according to Mândûkeya.

2.12.18.p1

: yathā parīttam iti māṇḍūkeyaḥ /