History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.s1.99

v2.c24.s1.99

⁷⁰² In modern times whenever a new yajñopavīta has to be worn (because the one worn is lost or cut &c.) the ceremony briefly consists in repeating the three verses 'āpo hi ṣṭhā' (Ṛg. X. 9. 1-3) over water with which the yajñopavīta is to be sprinkled; then there is the repetition of the Gāyatrī ten times (each time preceded by the vyāhṛtis, as 'om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ') and then the yajñopavīta is to be put on with the mantra 'yajñopavītaṁ paramaṁ' (cited above in note 662).