Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 1.2
athātaḥ śiṣyopanayanīyamadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //
yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ //
brāhmaṇakṣatriyavaiśyānāmanyatamamanvayavayaḥśīlaśauryaśaucācāravinayaśaktibalamedhādhṛtismṛtimatipratipattiyuktaṃ tanujihvauṣṭhadantākramṛjuvaktrākṣināsaṃprasannacittavākceṣṭaṃ kleśasaḥaṃ ca bhiṣak śiṣyamupanayet ato viparītaguṇaṃ noapanayet //
upanayanīyaṃ tu brāhmaṇaṃ praśasteṣu tithikaraṇamuhūrtanakṣatreṣu praśastāyāṃ diśi śucau same deśe caturhastaṃ caturasraṃ sthaṇḍilamupalipya gomayena darbhaiḥ saṃstīrya puṣpairlājabhaktai ratnaiśca devatāḥ pūjayitvā viprān bhiṣajaśca tatrollikhyābhyukṣya ca dakṣiṇato brahmāṇaṃ sthāpayitvāgnimupasamādhāya khadirapalāśadevadārubilvānāṃ samidbhiścaturṇāṃ vā kṣīravṛkṣāṇāṃ ( nyagrodhodumbarāśvatthamadhūkānāṃ ) dadhimadhughṛtāktābhirdārvīhaumikena vidhinā sruveṇājyāhutīrjuhuyāt sapraṇavābhirmahāvyahṛtibhiḥ tataḥ pratidaivatamṛṣīṃśca svāhākāraṃ kuryāt śiṣyamapi kārayet //
brāhmaṇastrayāṇāṃ varṇānāmupanayanaṃ kartumarhati rājanyo dvayasya vaiśyo vaiśyasyaiveti śūdramapi kulaguṇasaṃpannaṃ mantravarjamanupanītamadhyāpayedityeke //
tato'gniṃ triḥ pariṇīyāgnisākṣikaṃ śiṣyaṃ brūyāt kāmakrodhalobhamohamānāhaṇkārerṣyāpāruṣyapaiśunyānṛtālasyāyaśasyāni hitvā nīcanakharomṇā śucinā kaṣāyavāsasā satyavratabrahmacaryābhivādanatatpareṇāvaśyaṃ bhavitavyaṃ madanumatasthānagamanaśayanāsanabhojanādhyayanapareṇa bhūtvā matpriyahiteṣu vartitavyaṃ ato'nyathā te vartamānasyādharmo bhavati aphalā ca vidyā na ca prākāśyaṃ prāpnoti //
ahaṃ vā tvayi samyagvartamāne yadyanyathādarśī syāmenobhāgbhaveyamaphalavidyaśca //
dvijagurudaridramitrapravrajitopanatasādhvanāthābhyupagatānāṃ cātmabāndhavānāmiva svabhaiṣajaiḥ pratikartavyamevaṃ sādhu bhavati vyādhaśākunikapatitapāpakāriṇāṃ ca na pratikartavyaṃ evaṃ vidyā prakāśate mitrayaśodharmārthakāmāṃśca prāpnoti //
bhavataścātra /
kṛṣṇe'ṣṭamī tannidhane'hanī dve śukle tathāpyevamahardvisandhyam /
akālavidyutstanayitnughoṣe svatantrarāṣṭrakṣitipavyathāsu //
śmaśānayānādyatanāhaveṣu mahotsavautpātikadarśaneṣu /
nādhyeyamanyeṣu ca yeṣu vaprā nādhīyate nāśucinā ca nityam //
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