The Mukhya Upaniṣads

Kauṣītaki · Adhyāya 2 · Kauṣītaki 2.1

Passage 11

अथ प्रोष्यान्पुत्रस्य मूर्धानमभिमृशेत् ।अङ्गादङ्गात्सम्भवसि हृदयादधिजायसे ।आत्मा त्वं पुत्र माविथ स जीव शरदः शतमसाविति नामास्य गृह्णाति ।अश्मा भव परशुर्भव हिरण्यमस्तृतं भव ।तेजो वै पुत्रनामासि स जीव शरदः शतमसाविति नामास्य गृह्णाति ।येन प्रजापतिः प्रजाः पर्यगृह्णादरिष्ट्यै तेन त्वा परिगृह्णाम्यसाविति नामास्य गृह्णात्यथास्य दक्षिणे कर्णे जपत्यस्मै प्रयन्धि मघवन्नृजीषिन्नितीन्द्र श्रेष्ठानि द्रविणानि धेहीति सव्ये मा च्छित्था मा व्यथिष्ठाः शतं शरद आयुषो जीव पुत्र ।ते नाम्ना मूर्धानमभिजिघ्राम्यसाविति त्रिर्मूर्धानमवजिघ्रेद्गवां त्वा हिङ्कारेणाभिहिङ्करोमीति त्रिर्मूर्धानमभिहिङ्कुर्यात् ॥ ११ ॥

In plain words

Then, when he is going away from home, let him touch his son's head, saying: "From every limb of mine thou comest to be; from my heart thou art born. Thou art the self, my son; live a hundred autumns, So-and-so." And he takes his name. "Be a stone, be an axe, be gold that cannot be broken. Thou art indeed splendour, whose name is Son; live a hundred autumns, So-and-so." And he takes his name. "With that with which Prajāpati embraced his creatures for their safety, with that I embrace thee, So-and-so." And he takes his name. Then he mutters into his right ear, "Grant to him, O bountiful one, O drinker of the residue" — "O Indra, bestow the best of riches"; and into his left ear, "Do not be cut off, do not tremble; live a hundred autumns of life, my son. I kiss thy head with thy name, So-and-so." Let him kiss his head three times, and saying, "I make the sound of lowing over thee with the lowing of cattle," let him make that sound over his head three times.