On the eighth day, I underwent the initiation according to due rites, at the hands of that Brahmana. I received the staff from his hands. I went through the prescribed shave. I took up a quantity of Kusha blades in my hand. I wore rags for my raiment's. I rubbed my person with clarified butter. I put a cord of Munja grass round my loins.
दिनेऽष्टमे तु विप्रेण दीक्षितोऽहं यथाविधि॥ दण्डी मुण्डी कुशी चीरी घृताक्तो मेखली कृतः।