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Sūtra
Tamaso vā eṣa tamaḥ praviśati yam avidvān upanayate yaścā avidvān iti hi brāhmaṇam || 11 ||
Telugu
తమసొ వా ఎష తమః ప్రవిశతి యమ అవిద్వాన ఉపనయతె యశ్చా అవిద్వాన ఇతి హి బ్రాహ్మణమ || 11 ||
Translation
A Brāhmaṇa text declares that one who’s initiated by a guru unlearned in the Veda indeed enters darkness, and he who initiates comes from darkness.
Commentary / Explanation
The one who conducts the upanayana ceremony should himself be learned in the Veda. Nowadays it is customary for the father to do the teaching of the gāyatrī even though unlearned in the Veda.
Source
Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra
Source Page
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