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PARASKARA-GRIHYA-SUTRA.
teacher replies,) 'Indra's pupil art thou; Agni is thy teacher; I am thy teacher, N. N.!'
21. He then gives him in charge to living beings with (the formulas), 'To Pragâpati I give thee in charge. To the god Savitri I give thee in charge. To the waters, the herbs I give thee in charge. To Heaven and Earth I give thee in charge. To the Visve devâs I give thee in charge. To all beings I give thee in charge for the sake of freedom from harm.'
KANDIKA 3.
1. Having walked round the fire with his right side turned towards it, he sits down.
2. Taking hold (of the student), he sacrifices the Âgya oblations, and after having partaken (of the remains of the sacrificial food) he instructs him, 'A student art thou. Take water. Do the service. Do not sleep in the day-time. Keep silence. Put fuel on (the fire). Take water.'
3. He then recites the Sâvitri to him, who is seated to the north of the fire, with his face to the west, sitting near the teacher, and looks (at the teacher), while (the teacher) looks at him;
4. Some say, to (the student) who is standing or seated to the south (of the fire);
5. Pâda by Pâda, (then) hemistich by hemistich, and the third time the whole (verse), reciting it together (with the student);
parallel passage in Sânkhâyana (Grihya II, 3, 1) also runs thus: Agnir âkâryas tava, asâv, aham kobhau.
3, I seqq. Comp. the corresponding section of the Satapatha Brahmana XI, 5, 4, 6 seqq.
4. Satapatha Brâhmana l. 1. § 14.
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