Yajnavalkya • Chapter 1 • Shloka 4
अथ हैनमत्रि: पप्रच्छ याज्ञवल्क्यं अयज्ञोपवीती कथं ब्राह्मण इति । स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्य इदं प्रणवमेवास्य तद्यज्ञोपवीतं य आत्मा। प्राश्याचम्यायं विधिः ॥
(Then prompted by King Janaka) the sage Atri asked Yajnavalkya: How is one without the sacred thread (by wearing which alone he can perform rituals) a Brahmana ? Yajnavalkya replied: This alone is his sacred thread (the conviction), ‘That (Self-effulgent) Atman (I am)’. He shall then ceremoniously sip water (thrice with the mantra, ‘Reach the sea, Svaha’, having previously discarded
his tuft and sacred thread). This is the method (to be adopted by those who renounce the world).
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