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I ADHYAYA, 23 KANDIKÂ, 1.
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Palasa (tree) with one root, or round a Kusa bunch, if there is no Palása, (the teacher) causes him to say,
O glorious one, thou art glorious. As thou, O glorious one, art glorious, thus, O glorious one, lead me to glory. As thou art the preserver of the treasure of sacrifice for the gods, thus may I become the preserver of the treasure of the Veda for men.'
22. Thereby, beginning with his having the hair cut, and ending with the giving in charge, the imposing of observances has been declared.
23. Thus for one who has not been initiated before.
24. Now as regards one who has been initiated before:
25. The cutting of the hair is optional, 26. And the 'production of intelligence.'
27. On the giving in charge there are no express rules (in this case);
28. And on the time.
29. (He should recite to him) as the Savitri (the Rik), 'That we choose of god Savitri' (Rig-veda V, 82, 1).
KANDIKÂ 23. 1. He chooses priests (for officiating at a sacrifice) with neither deficient nor superfluous limbs, 'who on
32. The rules stated above for the Upanayana, beginning with the prescription regarding the cutting of the hair (given chap. 19, 10 in the words, whose [hair on the head is arranged ;' see the note there), and ending with the ceremony prescribed chap. 20, 8, are to be extended also to other cases of the imposing of a vow, such, for instance, as that mentioned chap. 18, 9. 25. See chap. 19, 10.
26. See above, Sûtra 20. 27. See chap. 20, 8.
28. See chap. 4, 1. 29. Instead of the ordinary Savitrî, Rig-veda III, 62, 10. 23, 1. Comp. Srauta-sútra IX, 3, 20; Grihya-sätra I, 5, 1.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |