And giving Kuśa sanctified by Mantras to the hands of elderly women he said, “do you rub the person of the elder boy with these”; and giving them Lava he said “do you rub the person of the younger brother with this. And according to this I shall name the first Son Kuśa and the second Lava; and by those names they shall be celebrated on earth.”
यस्तयोः पूर्वजो जातः स कुशैर्मन्त्रसत्कृतैः। निर्मार्जनीयस्तु तदा कुश इत्यस्य नाम तत्॥ यश्चावरो भवेत्ताभ्यां लवेन सुसमाहितः। निर्मार्जनीयो वृद्धाभिलवेति च स नामतः॥ एवं कुशलवौ नाम्ना तावुभौ यमजातको। मत्कृताभ्यां च नामभ्यां ख्यातियुक्तौ भविष्यतः॥