Then they should offer to the Southern side of the fire chanting.

oà anantä ya svä hä

If the brahmacä ri belongs to the Bhå gu gotra then one should put one spoon of ghee in the

barley grains and one spoon in the caru. Then one should take one spoon of caru and put it in with the barley, then put one spoon of ghee in the Eastern side of the carustä li. Take another spoonful of caru and put it with the barley, then again put one spoon of ghee in the carustä li on the Western side. Once again take some caru and put it with the barley then offer another spoon of ghee in the caru. Pour a spoonful of ghee onto the barley and offer to the fire chanting:

oà viñ ë ave savitre svä hä

However, if the brahmacä ri belongs to another gotra, then one should not pour any ghee in the Western side of the carustä li. Pour one spoon of ghee in the caru as explained before, and pour one spoon of ghee on the barley and offer to the fire with the same mantra.

Then the brahmacä ri from the Bhå gu gotra should pour two spoons of ghee on the barley and one spoon of ghee in the North side of the carustä li and put some caru onto the barley. He should put two spoons of ghee on top of the barley and offer it in the North East side of the fire, chanting:

oà svasti kå te acyutä ya svä hä

Others from different gotras should put only one spoon of ghee on the barley. The rest of the ritual is the same.

After that, whatever ingrediants are left should be offered in the fire without mantra. Then he should perform Mahä vyä hrti Homa and offer wood into the fire silently.

He should perform Ñ ä ö yä yana Homa, Vä madevya Gä ë am and the other rites of Udicya Karma. The brahmacä ri should give dakñ ië ä to the ä cä rya and to the initiated Vaiñ ë ava who officiated as the brahma who arranged the ceremony.

This ends the Sä vitré Caru Homa.

Samä vartana

(Leaving the Gurukula):

This ceremony is performed when the student finishes his Vedic studies.

@FOOTNOTE

The Samä vartana saà skä ra is performed for those students (upakurvaë a brahmacä ré s) who, after completing their studies, have decided to eventually live as a gå hastha or married man, rather than accept the vow of naiñ ö hika (permanent brahmacä rya). Because the graduate student is sprinkled with water in this ceremony he is called “snä taka”. A snä taka is considered ready to teach and he may attend seminars given by others to further his knowledge.