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4. For him (the time has not passed) until the twenty-second.
5. In the twelfth a Vaisya.
6. For him (the time has not passed) until the twenty-fourth.
7. After (the student's) hair has been arranged, and he has been adorned, and dressed in a garment which has not yet been washed, (the teacher) should sacrifice with the Mantras which the student recites), 'Agni! Lord of the vow!' (
MB. I, 6, 9-13.)
8. He should cause (the student) to stand northwards of the fire, facing the west, and to join his hands.
9. And he should himself join his hands above (the student's hands).
10. A Brâhmana versed in the Mantras who stands towards the south, should fill the teacher's joined hands with water.
11. While (the student?) looks at him, (the teacher) should murmur (the Mantra), 'With him who comes to us' (MB. I, 6, 14).
12. (The student) to whom (the teacher) has said, 'What is thy name?' should pronounce a name which he is to use at respectful salutations, derived from (the name of) a deity or a Nakshatra, 'I am N. N.!' (1. 1. 17.)
4. tasyâ dvâvimsad. 5. dvâdase vaisyam. 6. tasyâ katurvimsât. 7. kusalikritam alamkritam ahatenâkhâdya hutvâgne vrata pata ity. 8. uttaratos gneh pratyanmukham avasthâpyañgalim karayet. 9. svayam kopari kuryâd. 10. dakshinatas tishthan mantravân brâhmana âkâryâyodakâñgalim půrayed. 11. âgantreti gapet prekshamâne [sic]. 12. ko nâmâsîty ukto devatásrayam nakshatrásrayam vâbhivadanîyam nama brûyâd asâv asmîty.
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