This is the Upanayanam ceremony.

Savitré Caru Homa

This homa is performed on the fourth day after the Upanayanam rites by the äcärya.

After having bathed, he should perform Agni Sthäpana calling the fire “Samüdbhava”. He should do the rites upto the Brahma Sthäpana. Then facing East he should sit down and cook caru in the same fire.

The process (of making caru) is as follows:

On the Western side of the fire he should place kuça with their tips facing East and on top of that he should place a mortar and pestle made of wood. He should also place a bamboo winnowing basket there and a bell-metal bowl with barley grains in it. He should purify all the items with water from a wooden spoon (prokñané). He should chant the following mantra:

oà savitre tvä yuñöaà nirvapämi

Then he should take a portion of the barley from the bell-metal bowl and place it in the mortar without mantra. The rest of the barley should be divided into two portions. Then holding the pestle in his right hand, he should crush the grains in the mortar and then thresh them with the winnowing basket. Similarly, crush and thresh the other two portions of barley. After doing this thrice, he should wash the grains three times.

Keeping two pieces of kuça on the carusthäli (the place where the pot of caru will be kept) with their tips facing North, he should put the washed grains in a pot and slowly add milk and water, a little at a time. Stirring it with a spoon in a clockwise direction, he should cook it on the fire (that he has installed) making sure that it doesn’t become burned or that the water evaporates completely. The spoon he uses for stirring should be made from khadir, palaça or udümbara wood with a flat face on both sides, half an inch thick and of a square shape.

When the caru is ready, he should add two spoons of ghee and keep it on the North side of the fire on top of the kuça. He should then add one more spoon of ghee.

He should then continue with Bhümi Japa and end with the Sruva Saàskära. He should keep the ghee on top of kuça on the Western side of the fire, and then perform Udakaïjali Seka and finish the Kuçandikä rites with the Virupäkña Japa.

He should begin the homa by offering ghee-soaked wood of prädeça length into the fire silently.

At the start of the Caru Homa, the Mahävyährti Homa should not be chanted, but it should be done afterwards.

If the performer of the Caru Homa wishes to make the homa shorter, due to lack of grains, then he can put only one spoon of ghee into the caru and take one spoonful of caru from the carustäli and offer it into the fire chanting:

oà viñëave savitre svähä

According to Pravara Saìkhyänusära, one should make three or five mekhalas. If one wants to get more benefit and there is enough barley grains, then those brähmaëas who belong to Bhågu gotra should put five spoons of ghee and others should put four into the North side of the fire pouring towards the east chanting:

oà viñëave svähä

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