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II PRAPATHAKA, 8 KÂNDIKÂ, 25.
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after one year, or on the Parvan days of the year (i. e. on the last Tithi of each of the three seasons) he should sacrifice to Agni and Indra, to Heaven and Earth, and to the Visve devâs.
20. Having sacrificed to the deity of the Tithi and of the Nakshatra respectively), he should sacrifice to the Tithi and to the Nakshatra.
21. When (the father) returns from a journey, or when (the son) begins to know, 'This is my father,' or when the son) has been initiated, (the father) should grasp with his two hands his son round the head, and should murmur, 'From limb by limb thou art produced' (MB. I, 5, 16-18).
22. With the formula), With the cattle's himkâra I kiss thee' (1. 1. 19) he should kiss him. Then he may do what he likes.
23. In the same way (he should do) to his younger sons
24. According to their age or in the order in which he meets them.
25. Girls he should silently kiss on their head; he should silently kiss them on their head.
20. Sânkhayana-Grihya I, 25, 6.
21 seq. The father's returning from a journey. KhadiraGrihya II, 3,13 seq. As to upeta, comp. Sânkhayana-Grihya II, 1, I note. The position of the words in Sätra 21 is irregular, so as to raise the suspicion that the words yadâ và ... upetasya va (' or when the son begins to know... has been initiated') are an insertion into the text of Gobhila, made by a later compiler, or into a more ancient text, made by Gobhila himself. Comp. Paraskara I, 18.
25. As to the repetition of the last words of this Satra, see the notes on I, 4, 31; II, 10, 50; III, 6, 15.
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