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1 ¹ . In (the month) Pauṣa, under (the Nakṣatra) Rohiṇī, or at the middle Aṣṭakā let them celebrate the conclusion of the study (of the Veda).

2. Let them go to the brink of water and make water oblations to the gods, the metres, the Vedas, the Ṛṣis, the ancient teachers, the Gandharvas, the other teachers, the year with its divisions, and to their own ancestors and teachers.

3. After having four times quickly recited the Sāvitrī, they should say, ‘We have finished.’

4 ² . Interruption (of the study) and (continuation of the) teaching as stated above.