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I ADHYAYA, 21 KANDIKÂ, 2.
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8. (And further the teacher says), 'Whose Brahmakârin art thou ? The breath's Brahmakârin art thou. Who does initiate thee, and whom (does he initiate)? To whom shall I give thee in charge ?'
9. With the half verse, ‘A youth, well attired, dressed came hither' (Rig-veda III, 8, 4) he should cause him to turn round from the left to the right.
10. Reaching with his two hands over his (i.e. the student's) shoulders (the teacher) should touch the place of his heart with the following (half verse).
11. Having wiped the ground round the fire, the student should put on a piece of wood silently.
Silence indeed is what belongs to Pragâpati. The student becomes belonging to Pragâpati'— this is understood in the Sruti).
KANDIKÂ 21. 1. Some (do this) with a Mantra : 'To Agni I have brought a piece of wood, to the great Gâtavedas. Through that piece of wood increase thou, O Agni; through the Brahman (may) we (increase). Svâhâ !'
2. Having put the fuel (on the fire) and having
11. On the wiping of the ground round the fire, comp. above, chap. 3, 1; Sânkhâyana-Grıhya I, 7, 11. Nârâyana here has the following remarks, which I can scarcely believe to express the real meaning of this Satra : Here the wiping of the ground round the fire is out of place, because the Samskâras for the fire have already been performed. As to that, it should be observed that the wiping is mentioned here in order that, when fuel is put on the fire in the evening and in the morning, the sprinkling of water and the wiping may be performed. But on this occasion at the Upanayana) the student does not perform the wiping, &c., and silently puts a piece of wood on that fire.'
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