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II ADHYAYA, 7 KHANDA, 7.
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KHANDA 7. 1. Now (follows the exposition) of the study of the Veda.
2. Both sit down to the north of the fire,
3. The teacher with his face to the east, the other one to the west.
4. After (the student) has reverentially saluted the teacher's feet and has sprinkled his (own) hands (with water),
5. And has kneeled down with his right knee on young Kusa shoots at their roots,
6. And has grasped round (those Kusa shoots) in their middle with his hands, holding the right uppermost,
7. The teacher, having seized them at their tops
7, 1. Narayana : 'Now (atha), i.e. after the observance of the Sukriya vrata,' &c. On the Sukriya vrata which has to be undergone before the Anuvakana treated of in this chapter can be performed, see the note on chap. 4, 1, and below, chap. 11, 9. One would have expected that in the arrangement of Sânkhâyana the rites belonging to the Sukriya vrata would precede the exposition of the Anuvakana. Perhaps it was in consequence of the exact analogy of the Sukriya with the Sâkvara, Vrátika, Aupanishada vratas, that the description of the former has been postponed till the latter had to be treated of.
Ramakandra's Paddhati has the following remark here, Now the way of studying the Veda, called Anuvâkana, is set forth. This can be done only after the Sukriya vrata has been enjoined on the student; before that nothing but the Savitrî can be taught to him.'
2 seq. Comp. above, chap. 2, 8 seq.
4. The way in which this reverential salutation should be performed is described below, IV, 12, 1 seq.
6. On dakshinottarâbhyâm, see chap. 2, 11 and Nârâyana's note there.
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