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ÂSVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
13. Their staffs are: that of a Brâhmana of Palâsa wood, that of a Kshatriya of Udumbara wood, that of a Vaisya of Bilva wood.
KANDIKÂ 20. 1. Or all (sorts of staffs are to be used) by (men of) all (castes).
2. While (the student) takes hold of him, the teacher sacrifices and then stations himself to the north of the fire, with his face turned to the east.
3. To the east (of the fire) with his face to the west the other one.
4. (The teacher then) fills the two hollows of (his own and the student's) joined hands with water, and with the verse, 'That we choose of Savitri' (Rigveda V, 82, 1) he makes with the full (hollow of his own hands the water) flow down on the full (hollow of) his, (i.e. the student's hands.) Having (thus) poured (the water over his hands) he should with his (own) hand seize his (i.e. the student's) hand together with the thumb, with (the formula), 'By the impulse of the god Savitri, with the arms of the two Asvins, with Pashan's hands I seize thy hand, N.N.!'
5. With (the words), Savitri has seized thy hand, N. N.!' a second time.
6. With (the words), Agni is thy teacher, N.N.!' a third time.
7. He should cause him to look at the sun while the teacher says, 'God Savitri, this is thy Brahmakârin ; protect him; may he not die.'
20, 2. He offers the oblations prescribed above, chap. 1, 4, 3 seq.
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