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1. Now (follows) the Adhyâyopâkarman (or opening ceremony at the beginning of the annual course of study).
2 2. When the herbs appear, (when the moon stands in conjunction) with Sravana, on the full-moon day of the Srâvana month, or on the fifth (Tithi) of the Srâvana month under (the Nakshatra) Hasta;
3. Having sacrificed the two Âgya portions, he offers two Âgya oblations, (namely,)
4. To the Earth and to Agni, if (he studies) the Rig-veda,
5. To the Air and to Vâyu, if the Yagur-veda,
6. To the Heaven and to the Sun, if the Sâma-veda,
7. To the quarters (of the horizon) and to the Moon, if the Atharva-veda;
8. (Besides) to the Brahman, to the metres in every case,
9. And to Pragâpati, to the gods, to the Rishis, to Faith, to Insight, to Sadasaspati, to Anumati.
10 10. The same (oblations are made) when the
observances are imposed (on a student) or given up (by him, after having been kept through the prescribed period of time).
11. With (the verse), 'Sadasaspati' (Vâg. Samh. XXXII, 13) (the teacher) three times (sacrifices) fried grains.
12. All should repeat (that verse after him).
13. After each oblation they should each time put on the fire three pieces of Udumbara wood, fresh branches with leaves, anointed with ghee, reciting the Sâvitrî.
14 14. And the students (should put wood on the fire) in the manner stated above.
15. With (the verse), 'Luck may bring us' (Vâg. Samh. IX, 16) they should eat the fried grains without chewing them.
16. With the verse, 'Of Dadhikrâvan' (Vâg. Samh. XXIII, 32) they should eat curds.
17 17. As many pupils as he wishes to obtain, so many sesamum grains should he sacrifice with a dice-board, with the Sâvitrî or with the Anuvâka, 'Bright-resplending' (Vâg. Samh. XVII, 80 seqq.).
18 18. After they have eaten (the remainder of the sacrificial food, the teacher) should pronounce the word Om and then repeat the Sâvitrî three times, and the beginnings of the Adhyâyas to (the students) who are seated facing the west;
19. The beginnings of the sections belonging to the (different) Rishis, if they are Bahvrikas (i.e. if they study the Rig-Veda),
20 20. The Parvans, if they are Khandogas (i.e. if they study the Sâma-veda),
21. The Sûktas, if they are Atharvans.
22. All murmur: 'May it be ours in common; may it bless us in common; may this Brahman be powerful with us together. Indra knows that through which, and in which way, no hatred may spring up amongst us.'
23. Through a period of three nights they should not study (the Veda).
24. And they should not cut the hair of their bodies and their nails.
25. Some say (that this should not be done) till the Utsarga (i.e. the concluding ceremony of the annual course of study).
321:2 10, 2. Comp. Âsvalâyana-Grihya III, 5, 2. 3 and my note.
321:10 On the different vratas (observances) connected with the p. 322 study of the Veda, such as the Sukriya-vrata, the Sâkvara-vrata, &c., comp. especially Sâṅkhâyana-Grihya II, 11. 12 and the notes there.
322:14 See above, chap. 4.
322:17 Âkarshaphalakena. Râmakrishna states that this is a board of Udumbara wood, of the length of an arm, and of the shape of a serpent. (See Professor Stenzler's note.)
322:18 The following Sûtras clearly show that this rule is intended for students of the Yagur-veda only.
323:20 On the division of the Sâma-veda into Parvans, comp. Weber, Indische Literaturgeschichte, 2nd edition, p. 72.